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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2008 7:52:52 GMT
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Post by nightowl on Sept 23, 2008 7:59:34 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2008 8:09:17 GMT
I do hope it's not from a large family!
It's a Red Slug Arion rufus - omnivorous, often found on dead animals or excreta!
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 23, 2008 8:22:03 GMT
How much garden can a slug that size munch its way through?
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Post by Ruthie on Sept 23, 2008 9:02:59 GMT
We have loads of that type of slug this year. Haven't seen one that big tho'. They are, apparantly, not the enemy of the gardener like the small grey slugs because they eat dead matter, as mentioned so eloquently above, and don't munch your Hostas etc.
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Post by Plocket on Sept 23, 2008 9:31:15 GMT
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Post by Tig on Sept 23, 2008 9:33:04 GMT
That is interesting Rita, I must admit to being very indiscriminate in my slug stomping, I feel a little bit guilty now  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2008 11:34:44 GMT
That is interesting Rita, I must admit to being very indiscriminate in my slug stomping, I feel a little bit guilty now Good job I read in one of my books about it's eating habits, before I reached for the salt pot! |
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Post by torontotrini on Sept 23, 2008 12:04:48 GMT
I do hope it's not from a large family! It's a Red Slug Arion rufus - omnivorous, often found on dead animals or excreta! Have never seen one like that around here. If I did I wouldn't care much about what they say it eats. I wouldn't leave something like that running around my hostas. It just might get a hankering for a change in diet. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2008 12:06:40 GMT
I do hope it's not from a large family! It's a Red Slug Arion rufus - omnivorous, often found on dead animals or excreta! Have never seen one like that around here. If I did I wouldn't care much about what they say it eats. I wouldn't leave something like that running around my hostas. It just might get a hankering for a change in diet. I've not seen it since I took the photo TT - goodness only knows where it sleeps during the day.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2008 18:19:11 GMT
We get loads of them around here and also down at the allotments. We get lots of similar sized black ones as well. I'd heard before that they don't eat healthy stuff, preferring old dead vegetation and animals so I tend to leave them be.
FA x
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Post by JennyWrenn on Sept 24, 2008 6:50:52 GMT
I didnt know that I thought all slugs ate all plants  |
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Post by snowowl on Sept 24, 2008 10:20:43 GMT
I thought all slugs eat plants to Jenny.You learn something new everyday.
I have not seen any that colour in my garden or perhaps they are hiding from me.
Wise slugs ;D
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2008 17:37:17 GMT
I thought all slugs eat plants to Jenny.You learn something new everyday. I have not seen any that colour in my garden or perhaps they are hiding from me. Wise slugs ;D "The Red Slug, (so called because the border of it's foot is usually red), can range in colour from all shades of orange and brown to black. Black in colder areas" - according to one of my books. |
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Post by snowowl on Sept 27, 2008 10:18:10 GMT
I must be in a cooler area then Rita theres plenty of black and darker colouerd ones. They keep munching on my Hostas and Brunnera.  |
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Post by Weeterrier on Oct 1, 2008 22:53:45 GMT
I thought I'd come across some hefty specimens, but that one really is a korker. I quite like slugs. It's mostly the tiger ones I find.
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