glasfryn
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:42 pm Post subject: where are all the snails and slugs? |
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not that I am complaining but where are they all I have seen only a few small snails and slugs whereas they are normally everywhere and some have been huge slugs upto 4 inches long.
we do have a large bird population and a visiting heron and many jackdaws and one huge toad but surely they could not have devoured them all?
G.
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toni
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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I am guessing that the chemical warfare many people have been declaring on yards and city parks for the last 50+ years have done them in.  I haven't seen slugs come up after a rain in years, I do find a few snails in my yard tho.
Ever notice that you can't sit in the yard at night and watch lightning bugs aka fireflies in cities any more? 
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Netty
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I wish I had that problem Glasfryn! Once this snow melts and I'm in my gardens, there will be lots of slug and snails! I usually find their eggs in the spring too.
Toni-I'm in a rural area and we have TONS of fireflies. But at my old house (subdivision) only 15 minutes away there are none. Wonder why that is?
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glendann
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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toni ,I'm out in the country and have seen maybe three fireflies in the last 10 yrs.I always loved to see them.
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toni
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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Netty, the lack of fireflies in the city is from the pesticides sprayed on yards for years. The chemicals can't tell the difference between a bad bug and a good bug so it kills them all. And the firefly larvae eat the snail and slug larvae....no snails or slugs means no food for the firefly larvae.
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Netty
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Makes sense Toni! I am surrounded by "certified organic" land so I guess that's why I have lots of bugs. (I've seen the strangest bugs since moving here, things I've never seen before!)
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glasfryn
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:38 pm Post subject: Re: where are all the snails and slugs? |
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we don't see any fireflies here in wales pity as they would add something,
plenty of bats though.
G.
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