Snails and slugs are common pests in gardens. They belong to the mollusk family along with oysters, and they crawl along over ...

Slugs are wreaking havoc across British gardens as the wet weather continues into summer 2024. Gardening legend Alan Tichmarsh has compared them to bed bugs, admitting he chucks them over his fence to ...

Slugs like a damp, mild climate. Slugs (and snails) like living in Oregon. Our mild, wet climate seems like paradise to them. There are a dozen important slug species in Oregon gardens (and a couple ...

If you live in an area with slugs, you know they can be a major garden nuisance. Nothing can ruin your elaborate gardening plans like seeing the remains of your tender seedlings eaten through down to ...

You just planted a tidy row of tiny broccoli in your garden. But when you head outside the next morning, you discover the foliage is full of weirdly-shaped holes—and some of the seedlings are gone!

A Red Slug, Arion rufus, climbing over a Cleavers or Goosegrass plant growing in the wild. - Sandra Standbridge/Getty Images You may have noticed those slimy slugs wreaking havoc in your garden. After ...

Question: Something is eating the leaves of many of my flowers, including my zinnias, hostas, dahlias and petunias. I don’t see any Japanese beetles or other bugs on them, but there are holes in the ...

Experts share how eliminate slugs without using chemicals. In small numbers, slugs can help decompose organic matter and add nutrients to the soil in your garden. However, if you have an infestation ...

I am starting to see a lot of ragged holes in the leaves of my hosta and some of my other perennials in the same section of my garden. There never seem to be any insects present. I was wondering what ...

Many gardeners consider snails and slugs to be the most disgusting pests in the garden. I could live with their looks if they just didn’t cause so much damage. Snails and slugs belong to the mollusk ...

Slugs in Iowa are always a problem, especially for shade-loving plants like hostas, but during a wet year like this, there are a lot more of them, doing a lot more damage. Hostas are their clear ...