Article: RHS – We’re going on a slug hunt

As part of the Integrated Gastropod Management project, we were interested in seeing if different types of slugs and snails could be found feeding on the six control treatments we were testing.

This is particularly important for the nematode treatment as snails are usually unaffected (they don’t go underground in the daytime as slugs do). Would the treatments cause noticeable reductions in slug and snail numbers, and would we see some species being more affected than others?

Slugs and snails do most of their feeding at night, so I had to order some head torches and plan some night-time slug hunts… Head torches are essential – two hands are needed for slug rummaging!

Article: https://www.rhs.org.uk/science/science-blogs/science/september-2017/the-great-slug-hunt