Slug Control

April 2, 2012 by solarbeez

This is our remedy for slug control.
Plastic glove and cup, headlight, q-tips to ‘roll up’ those small ones. Go out at night, and be thankful your back and vision still works.
This is the big one that DIDN’T get away.

Now where should I dump this?

See the new Slug Rehab program

Here’s some interesting facts about banana slugs…The Banana Slug is Living Proof that a Slimy Little Gastropod Mollusk Can be Loaded with Charisma

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Posted in Gardening, Slug Control | Tagged banana slug, garden pests, get rid of slugs, Really big Slug | 6 Comments

6 Responses

on April 15, 2012 at 4:30 pm | Reply 56BSA

Heroic!
on June 30, 2012 at 9:31 am | Reply gardenatschool

is picture for real???
- on June 30, 2012 at 10:13 am | Reply solarbeez
  
  Uh well, they certainly grow big here on the Oregon Coast. It’s a real slug but it might have been enlarged a bit for effect.
  - on June 30, 2012 at 1:12 pm gardenatschool
    
    Ha, you did some good photoshopping, it fooled me! I was pretty scared thinking slugs like that actually exist
on August 4, 2012 at 11:26 pm | Reply Bob Riese

Pat…glad that Jerry forwarded me the ‘slug rehab’ posting.
Then I went looking for something like what I found in my friends yard yesterday, I was going to describe it as a ‘leopard slug’…the largest slug I had EVER seen! Well, by god, it was just like the one you are holding in this picture. (of COURSE not that big…geeez! But I believe that that could get that big if left to their own devices!!)

Take care, Pat!

Bob
on August 5, 2012 at 8:23 pm | Reply solarbeez

Hi Bob,
I’ve been calling this a banana slug…that’s what my wife said it was, and she was right about those pointing things on the front being the ‘eyestems.’ Banana or leopard they are still slimy and prolific. After looking this up I added a link to the blog about how charismatic banana slugs can be…:_)