New Guinea Flatworm

Invasive species often found in gardens, greenhouses, and moist soil under logs or leaf litter.

Strict carnivore and predator; primarily eats land snails and earthworms.

Terrestrial and nocturnal; they track prey using chemical signals and can follow snails up trees.

Major threat to native snail populations and soil health by killing earthworms; carries the Rat Lungworm parasite which can infect humans if they handle the worm or consume contaminated produce.