Monster Slugs!

[Ryez]

Article from the New Scientist published today, apparently they seem to injure baby birds... When I first started gardening I was trying to not harm them, but since then I noticed how greedy they are, they devour young plants leaving nothing but a stem which kills the plants. Their eating habits are selfish and not sustainable. Injuring little baby birds seriously crosses the line!

https://www.newscientist.com/article...ime=1472267624

Not sure where to post this, there is no predators forum section!

ps: will be back posting more soon, just trying to finish my final MSc dissertation at the moment. Missed reading all your posts!

[Nicos]

Hi there- lovely to see you back, even if it's a fleeting visit!

Ewww...that's just incredible- I would never have imagined slugs would eat baby birds

hmmph...

Thanks for sharing that.

Oh...and good luck with your dissertation!
See you about soon.

[Nicos]

Oh...And I've moved it to 'pests' if that's OK??

[Ryez]

Hi Nicos! Thank you very much, deadline is on the 19th! After that I will be moving to Swansea for my PhD aand apply for an allotment there! I wonder if veg tastes more salty when you grow near the sea.

Thank you for moving my thread, couldn't find the pests and predators section!

After this I just don't have any sympathy for slugs anymore. Snails I still like a bit! We'll need to put slug pellets around bird nests the way this is going...

[SusieG]

That was shocking reading, indeed Ryez .......! There seems that there is just no stopping the blighters...!!!

All the luck in the world with your dissertation ---- and hope you can get a lottie sorted as soon as you can ...... hmmm, thought-provoking regarding salty veggies!! Bet some of our coastal residing Grapes would know the answer to that one ...!!!

[lottie dolly]

Thanks for that,some very interesting reading on other articals,all the best with your studies and future

[Ryez]

You are welcome. Thank you! I like the New Scientist, always has intriguing info, minus the monster slugs, that was simply scary!

Allotments in Swansea have a long waiting list so will see how things pan out, but they are a few minutes walk from the sea. Will be interesting!

[happyhumph]

Eugh - although rare it's yet another reason to hate the slimy little b****rs.....

[Baldy]

Always sunny in South Wales

[Zelenina]

Looks like a horrible Spanish slug in the photo. They'll eat almost anything. I once saw one in my garden halfway through eating another Spanish slug. The adults don't seem to survive the winters here but the eggs do, and hatch out in the spring. Any that I see go straight into the salty bucket of slug doom. I don't like to use slug pellets because I also have Leopard slugs and Roman snails in my garden that I don't like to kill. And hedgehogs that might get poisoned.

[Cadalot]

Slugs turn me into a Dalek - Exterminate, Exterminate , Exterminate ......

But not a green Darlek as they go around saying Conservate, conservate, conservate

[Snoop Puss]

Well, I've never seen one of those but if I ever do, I'll know what to do with it. Last time I was visiting my parents, they had one in their hall. Apparently it lived under the stairs and would come out at night. They could never catch it, just spotted the slimy trails all over the carpet. I lobbed it out into the garden. Won't be doing that if it ever happens again.

Hope you hit your dissertation deadline, Ryez, and all's going well.

[Ryez]

I have a "treat" for you, caught one today munching on my tomatoes! Couldn't believe my eyes!



It made a large hole...

Is that normal? I wonder if that's why I find large bites on my strawberries too...

[Snoop Puss]

Nothing is safe any more!

Did you know a slug has approximately 27,000 teeth? I didn't. I found out here:

Fascinating Slug Facts ~ Slug Off

[SusieG]

...........is this a dreaded 'Spanish slug' ....? Photo taken by my friend who was walking her dog in a local field .............