[NatureNS] slugs and slug invaders in NS

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Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 15:35:58 -0300
From: nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com>
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This slug feeding on a mushroom that sprouted overnight Monday
http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9250446854/ made me think of the
invasive slugs that terrorize the gardeners of southern BC.

I remember flicking the big European Black Slugs (Arion ater) out of my
uncle's Vancouver Island veg garden with hockey sticks every evening. And
then there were the even larger European Giant Garden Slugs/Banana Slugs
(Limax maximus) too.

Weren't these hefty slugs being reported in HRM some years back? What is
their status in NS now? It is hard to imagine that they would not have made
it to our province with all of the movement of garden plants across the
country.

Nancy

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>This slug feeding on a mushroom that sprout=
ed overnight Monday <a href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/92=
50446854/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9250446854/</a> made m=
e think of the invasive slugs that terrorize the gardeners of southern BC.<=
br>
<br></div>I remember flicking the big European Black Slugs (Arion ater) out=
 of my uncle&#39;s Vancouver Island veg garden with hockey sticks every eve=
ning. And then there were the even larger European Giant Garden Slugs/Banan=
a Slugs (Limax maximus) too.<br>
<br></div>Weren&#39;t these hefty slugs being reported in HRM some years ba=
ck? What is their status in NS now? It is hard to imagine that they would n=
ot have made it to our province with all of the movement of garden plants a=
cross the country.<br>
<br></div>Nancy<br></div>

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