Slugs

[RobinP]

Saw my first one of the year in the garden today - whoopee doo!

Just made me thinking, why not a forum for molluscs?

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by RobinP

Saw my first one of the year in the garden today - whoopee doo!

Just made me thinking, why not a forum for molluscs?

I put one on my keyboard, and he/she hasn't typed a thing in ten minutes.

[RobinP]

Give it time, ten minutes is but a blink of an eye in the mollusc world

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by RobinP

Give it time, ten minutes is but a blink of an eye in the mollusc world

Very true, Their "round rolly thing" project has not produced a single Wheelbarrow yet.

[Bouncytigger]

Originally Posted by RobinP

Saw my first one of the year in the garden today - whoopee doo!

Just made me thinking, why not a forum for molluscs?

That reminds me....

Must plant some HOSTAS

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by Bouncytigger

That reminds me....

Must plant some HOSTAS

Soon as you said that, my slug jumped off the keyboard and ran out of the the door, it's little foot skidding on the tiles! Temptress.

[demicav]

Originally Posted by RobinP

Saw my first one of the year in the garden today - whoopee doo!

Just made me thinking, why not a forum for molluscs?

I adore Snails and Slugs, glad I'm not the only one. I find them fascinating and don't mind them in the garden as I leave it to nature to manage most of the time.

[Bouncytigger]

Originally Posted by demicav

I adore Snails and Slugs, glad I'm not the only one. I find them fascinating and don't mind them in the garden as I leave it to nature to manage most of the time.

I don't mind em either Bud and they have never done me any harm...

wish we could get some more interesting slugs round here though??

do they only come in LUMINOUS ORANGE or is that bacause they have been munching on my MARIGOLDS??

[stripee]

Originally Posted by Bouncytigger

I don't mind em either Bud and they have never done me any harm...

wish we could get some more interesting slugs round here though??

do they only come in LUMINOUS ORANGE or is that bacause they have been munching on my MARIGOLDS??

Have you seen those ones with splotches on bouncytigger? Think they're called leopard slugs. I don't know if they come out during the day, I saw one on a plant pot through the window at night

[Bouncytigger]

Originally Posted by stripee

Have you seen those ones with splotches on bouncytigger? Think they're called leopard slugs. I don't know if they come out during the day, I saw one on a plant pot through the window at night

Mmm are they sort of little brown andcream splotches because the answer could be yes

[stripee]

Just a quick look in general wildlife book says the Leopard slug, Limax maximus, up to 16 cm. A large and strikingly marked slug with darker stripes and blotches. The rear end of the body has a prominent keel running as far as the tail. Common and widespread, damp woodlands and gardens.
So I expect you've seen it about

[galanthus]

I've barely seen a slug in my garden for around 3 years now, about the same time as I've had my hedgepig actually

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by galanthus

I've barely seen a slug in my garden for around 3 years now, about the same time as I've had my hedgepig actually

That'll do it. Loss of key workers on the "Round rolly thing " project.

We just get black, black and little nocturnal grey things.

Can I mention snails? I spent some time in Roman Snail country, doing stuff at night (well you should fit better locks), and inevitably we trod on a very small number of Big Roman Snails. Home, as we walked through a supermarket, I trod on that rigid plastic strapping they use, lying on it's side. I shouted "Oh no, not another one, I am sorry", as it sounded just like...

You are way ahead of me. Don't tread on Roman Snails or plastic strapping.

[Seajay]

Originally Posted by stripee

Just a quick look in general wildlife book says the Leopard slug, Limax maximus, up to 16 cm. A large and strikingly marked slug with darker stripes and blotches. The rear end of the body has a prominent keel running as far as the tail. Common and widespread, damp woodlands and gardens.
So I expect you've seen it about

Am I right in thinking this is the slug that eats other slugs? I hope so cos I've had a few in the greenhouse for a couple of years I think I read it somewhere in a garden mag.

Colin

[stripee]

Originally Posted by Seajay

Am I right in thinking this is the slug that eats other slugs? I hope so cos I've had a few in the greenhouse for a couple of years I think I read it somewhere in a garden mag.

Colin

The books I have don't have much info on slugs apart from identification but looking on the net here are a couple of interesting sites. The first one is a US one, leopard slugs were introduced there, there are some good photos of what they look like:
Leopard slug

This one from the BBC has a video of leopard slugs mating and how they do it, very unusual and bizarre, made me laugh. It seems they do eat other slugs
BBC Inside Out -

[aestarte]

Originally Posted by galanthus

I've barely seen a slug in my garden for around 3 years now, about the same time as I've had my hedgepig actually

Can I borrow your Hedgehog, last year my garden was full of slugs and although I have much respect for everything even copper rings didnt keep them off my marigolds, I think they must be a delicacy for slugs as apart from a couple of lillies all they ate was my marigolds, by the end of the summer all I had left was sticks in pots with slime all over the place. GRRR!! Fi. X X X X

[m1.carson]

Hi,

Just read about a slug catcher that's supposed to work, [threw the newspaper away ] made of wool, the slugs stick to it allowing birds and Hedgehogs to eat them, will be trying out variations on it to see what works, although coffee grounds seem promising at the moment, but it needs a mound of them.

Max.