The Great Slug Migration of 2011
Like the wildebeest of the Kalahari, the caribou of the Arctic and the lemmings of the Mongolian steppes, I encountered a herd of creatures on my patio that were, to the best I could tell, MIGRATING…
Any slug experts out there can tell me what is going on in this video?
This happened last night. Half an hour after recording this slug event, all of my little slug friends had traveled on to wherever it is slugs go at night.
While I am not a conservative and there fore not an insider when it comes to slug behavior, I just want to point out how lucky you are. Many of us have to go to the grocery. Your lunch self delivers. 😉
YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeYuuuuuuuuuuuuuck! God those things gimme the heebie jeebies. Mornin Joko!
More specially this site…..:)http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05515.html
Slugs make great pets. They don’t bark, tear up furniture, shed hair, or take up a lot of room.
Be careful with Bliss, Joko. Most slugs in the US are not poisonous to our pets, but they carry a deadly micro-parasite that can be fatal—it’s called Lungworm. Our pets eat the slugs and the lungworm that the slug was hosting, ends up invading and multiplying in the bloodstream. It can be fatal if not diagnosed and treated early on.
The problem is…the slugs are tenacious and labor intensive to fight. If you use slug bait (a poison for slugs), your pets can also be put in harm’s way. If you use beer—the tried and true non hazardous way, Bliss might get drunk, or worse yet, thinking he/she is drimking mezcal and will eat the ‘worm’. IDK…maybe the beer will kill the lungworm the slug was carrying.
Just be vigilant and keep the slugs outside and Bliss inside… :love:
man I seen many of then up in Ohio!! :entertained:
The come out at night looking for lerv! I went out one summer evening to out the trash in my bare feet and felt something horrible slimey and squishy under my feet! 😯 I looked down and there were hundreds of them, sprawled out on the concrete having some sort of swinging orgy! 😯 😯
LOL Love this blog. Funny. Wonder why people eat snails and yet dont seem to like slugs. Arent they pretty much the same thing?
Put out a saucer of beer. They will drown in it–or drink themselves to death–take your pick!
i used to pick them up and toss them in my goldfish tank. They thought is was an extra special treat.