Britain is the slug capital of the world. Nowhere else has such ideal conditions for a broad range of slug species, for our cool, damp summers and warmish, wet winters allow slugs to be active, breeding and feeding for so much of the year. Added to this, we have recently suffered a succession of milder winters, and cooler, wetter summers. Normally icy conditions kill off a percentage of slugs and prevent the remainder from breeding and eating our crops for a while. Similarly, hot, dry weather kills slugs, which have to burrow deep into the ground to find the moist conditions that they need to survive. Meanwhile they give us a break – until we get out the hosepipe to water the beans, of course, and bring them all back to the surface!
Take a look at Prof. Bill Symondson’s page on the Cardiff University School of Biosciences, lots of useful slug info. http://schools.cf.ac.uk/biosi/staffinfo/wocs2.html
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