LEOPARD SLUGS, GARDENERS FRIEND! Don't chop!

aww...that's sad. Hopefully he has relatives that don't carry a grudge? 16 centimeters! Wow. Hard to miss, aye?

Lol Lori! great info Resi, thanks!

Not when they're still little lori, and I now realize that I've done for a few of those too! Just never realized they occur in the uk, as I'd only ever seen them in france. Hope the rest of the family is in blissful ignorance somewhere in my garden still ...?

Can't say as I can remember seeing one before but I will keep my eyes peeled.

It can chase after another slug for a meal at a blazing 6 inches a minute but it is still a threat to garden plants so don't feel too bad.

Acording to what I read they are classified as pest in America but not in Britain and it seems to be agricultural crops they go for. I will still give them the benefit of the doubt though.

Yuk, it wouldn't occur to me to hang on to a slug of any type!

Fascinating bit of info. I had a look at the website you gave which gives more fascinating info about this and other slugs. Not my favourite creatures but someone obviously loves them! Not keen on the info about the invasion of Spanish slugs (illegal immigrants?), where they say the eggs may have been imported on potted plants or salad leaves - the last doesn't bear thinking about!

Oh Yuck! Washed a batch of parsley (from the market) and the grit that was in it was amazing! it was either from the bottom of the barrel or it was washed with polluted water! ...but slugs? makes a person shudder!?
Thankful that my own parsley and lettuce is growing at last!

Apparently slugs have a homing instinct up to 20 meters, so if you can lob them or take them further than 20m away they won't come back. Really???
Lori at least they'll be your own slugs lol!

We are receiving some much needed rain...I'm sure the slugs are rejoicing and planning a feeding sally. just hope they are living 20 meters, or more, away! 20 meters would be a three day march for them, would it not? That's a lot of slime too!

They must like humidity too then. No idea how fast a slug travels, hang on...googling...yep acc to the bbc ! they move at 1meter per hour, but like to travel in other slugs slipstream, I.e using their slime trail. Canny beasties eh