Bloody Immigrants

I think I saw my first Spanish slug last night. A long brown thing as opposed to the native black ones. Yuk. I gave it a dose of slug pellets.

or they eat the lettuce first then go on to the beer (or Rioja)

OK, so I tried beer traps

Is that an evil ?
(the slug, not any poster in general! )

that's very good!

Thought this might amuse most of you... hope the language doesn't get me kicked off GN!

Jalima I can testify that Irish slugs just love Guiness! They die in their hundreds, but die happy singing the slug version of 'Danny Boy'

So maybe Spanish slugs would love Rioja.

BTW I'm staying with DD2 in Surrey at the moment. No sign of the blighters so far.

Like tequila

Hope there aren't any lurking at the bottom of the glass, GandTea!

Bugger the slugs, I'll drink the beer and forget them.

cba was a bit strong, it just makes me feel a bit sick, hate slugs of any nationality

Only just caught up with this thread and cba to read all of it [sorry] so someone may have suggested this:

If British slugs like beer and will happily drink themselves into oblivion in a dish of beer set into the ground, do Spanish slugs like Rioja - or even cheap Spanish plonk? If you put a dish of wine outside would they drink it instead of eating the lettuces and then drown depart to sluggy heaven?

Olé

If the oak processionary moth caterpillars/nests are spotted in your area then it's likely that DEFRA will get involved. Last year two young women with binoculars spent a couple of weeks visiting all the gardens in our area (Surrey) to spot the little blighters. Happily we were clear.

Re. the GandTea debacle - I think it was a slug wot done it.

I think it's oak, jbf

My DD lives in Surrey. She's looking out for them on Beech trees! Has she got the wrong tree?

The pine ones are said to have arrived from Spain

I feel sick ?

I fwd the link to my daughter in Surrey. Her 4 year old is passionate about 'creatures' so it's well to be aware. I also sent her pic of an oak tree. Well, she might not know....

Be afraid, very afraid. Actually if I lived in Surrey, I would be!

We get those here on pine trees. Occasionally on the ground.
It's dangerous to touch them - animals too obviously - because the hairs can become embedded and cause infection.
They build cocoon-like nests in the trees.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_processionary#/media/File:Nest_of_Pine_Processionary_Moth_caterpillars_%28detail%29.JPG

Oh, that's horrible...

OMG

www.facebook.com/SurreyResidentsNetwork/videos/987342048022518/

Now I am really scared!

GandT and others have you thought about using slug nematodes. You can now buy nematodes which attack all sorts of garden pests. Just Google nematodes.
I have just tried out vine weevil nematodes,but it's too early to judge results.