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  • branes
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    The flying ant thread reminded me.

    Last night just after dark in our garden…slugs absolutely everywhere! 100s of them easily.

    First warm evening in a while, but quite damp at the same time.

    Any idea why?

    butcher
    Full Member

    Try having them in the house.

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    kayak23
    Full Member

    It’s unlikely they flew there.

    kormoran
    Free Member

    you need a hedgehog

    i got one in my garden, never a slug seen.

    slugs must be one of the few creatures that make me recoil, especially those tiger strip ones. Eugghh!

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    ernielynch
    Full Member

    especially those tiger strip ones. Eugghh!

    If you mean leopard slugs they extremely useful in the garden. Firstly they are territorial and predatory towards other slugs, and secondly they eat decaying vegetation not healthy stuff.

    They also eat fox shit. What’s not to like?

    Edit:

    https://www.bitesizedbritain.co.uk/the-leopard-slug—the-gardeners-friend11/

    That^^ doesn’t seem to work. This should:

    Leopard Slug

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Any idea why?

    Because

    First warm evening in a while, but quite damp at the same time.

    Perhaps?

    Bruce
    Full Member

    We have at least two hedgehogs visit the garden and still have lots of slimey slugs.

    They even hang out in the hedgehog feeding station. They are not always good for hogs as I think they carry lung worm.

    dartdude
    Free Member

    I used to have them in my bedroom

    I mainly named them Sara the slugs as ex was called

    avdave2
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    I spent a day walking once only to find one had been in my boot. Exploded slug under the fingernails isn’t the most pleasant thing

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    kormoran
    Free Member

    If you mean leopard slugs they extremely useful in the garden. Firstly they are territorial and predatory towards other slugs, and secondly they eat decaying vegetation not healthy stuff.

    I did not know that, interesting read thanks

    dyna-ti
    Full Member

    The slime make it easier to balance on your upper lip, for any Charlie Chaplin impressions you care to do.

    sparkyrhino
    Full Member

    Hate Slugs! Work quite abit in underground cable chambers, herds of albino slugs in them 🤮

    jamiemcf
    Full Member

    Apparently in Japan they give snail facials as a chemical in the slime of slugs and snails tightens the skin.

    Slugs are just snails that have lost their shell.

    ernielynch
    Full Member

    Slugs are just snails that have lost their shell.

    And that’s because you can’t slide into narrow crevices and crannies when you have your house sitting on your back.

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    petrieboy
    Full Member

    I had a racing snail once that wasn’t as competitive as I thought it should be. Reasoning that his low top speed may be due to poor aerodynamics of his shell I removed it making him much much sleeker to cut through the air.
    Didn’t work tho, if anything it made him more sluggish

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    ernielynch
    Full Member

    Which one’s your coat?

    greyspoke
    Free Member

    Have you ever seen slugs having sex? Total slimefest. Very rude indeed.

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    dangeourbrain
    Free Member

    I spent a day walking once only to find one had been in my boot. Exploded slug under the fingernails isn’t the most pleasant thing

    Might I suggest you’re wearing your boots wrong?

    ernielynch
    Full Member

    Have you ever seen slugs having sex? Total slimefest. Very rude indeed.

    They are gender fluid hermaphrodites, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

    You really shouldn’t look though.

    desperatebicycle
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    I remember a few years back, when I used to take my dog out on the bike (I was on the bike, she ran) the path got covered in slugs, it was hard to ride down without running quite a few of them over. Must’ve been 5 years ago.. not seen it like that since. Maybe I ran over all the pregnant ones…

    welshfarmer
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