Slug Life

[Paul Iddon]

The slug is about 20mm, the leaf maybe 45 or 50mm. The others living beings are tiny! Possibly Riccardoella limacum.

Paul.

 

[Ryewolf]

Excellent Paul, I think these are Slug/Snail mites Riccardoella limacum, I've seen them before on slugs

 

[Paul Iddon]

Thank you Geoff, appreciate your knowledge on this one. (Shouldn't you be in bed? (I should be, lol))....

Paul.

 

[Ryewolf]

Shouldn't you be in bed?

Thanks Paul. I'm a night owl, I can quite easily stay up all night but getting up early is very difficult for me (unless I'm not at home, in which case I can still get up really early).

 

[alfbranch]

Great set Paul

 

[Paul Iddon]

Great set Paul

Thanks Alf

Paul.

 

[GardenersHelper]

Fascinating set Paul.

 

[Paul Iddon]

Fascinating set Paul.

Thank you Nick

Paul.

 

[Cobra]

Nicely detailed as always Paul.
Any chance of sending me a few hundred parasitic mites?
For the past few weeks, every night, I have been throwing a dozen or so over the back fence into "no mans land"

They keep striping the bark off, and chewing the leaves & tips from my climbers

I guess I'm ordering a batch of Nematodes next year, after the success of the Ladybird Larvae
I bought earlier in the year, as it seems to have worked on the climbers and others,
touch wood, no aphids, that I've seen, this year, when they have usually decimated a lot of stuff by now.

 

[Gremlin]

Glad I didn't see this before I went to bed last night
I hate slugs, but now I now what they look like up close
Nicely done

 

[Paul Iddon]

Thanks lads

Chris, I read about nematodes, meant to be very effective, so must be worth a shot. Is it not too late for this year to get some anyway?

Paul.

 

[Cobra]

Is it not too late for this year to get some anyway?

Paul.

There is still a couple of months left, this year, Paul. But I'll wait now till next spring, to get the full through the ( hopefully) warmer months.
Besides there can't be many more left that is of course unless they are climbing back over the fence

 

[Tori_T]

For the past few weeks, every night, I have been throwing a dozen or so over the back fence into "no mans land"

They've been shown to have a well developed homing instinct. Good chance you've been throwing the same ones over repeatedly.

 

[Cobra]

They've been shown to have a well developed homing instinct. Good chance you've been throwing the same ones over repeatedly.

some do, up to 10 meters apparently,
although the slugs that I add salt to, don't seem to move very far

 

[Tori_T]

I wonder if hedgehogs can get drunk on the beer drowned marinaded ones?

 

[Cobra]

I wonder if hedgehogs can get drunk on the beer drowned marinaded ones?

Lets hope so

Sadly I've not seen a live or squished one, come to that, in my area for some years

 

[Tori_T]

I've seen six spiny road waffles in the last month, the latest this morning, being cleaned up by gulls.