Speaking of Italian Snails...

...Here's an interesting story from the BBC:

Snail hides from march of history
By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website

A colony of Mediterranean snails has been found at the UK's Cliveden House, where they have lived in marble-wrapped secrecy for a century.

The snails, never found before in the UK, apparently came from Italy in a balustrade bought by a Lord Astor, a former owner of the mansion.

A fitting way to end Bug Week here at De Koboldorum Rebus!