On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:00:59 +1100, M wrote:

sassie wrote:

"Feeding
Slaters are omnivores or scavengers and feed upon decaying vegetable
matter and associated fungi

and also on animal matter

They form an
important link in the food chain by recycling dead and decaying
matter."



I'm wondering whether the slaters seen on the plants were feeding on the
"slime" left by the snails/slugs which had earlier eaten the plants...

Just a thought.

M

You are probabley on to something there.
Why would you kill something that is doing your soil so much good ?
If you want to kill them why not encourage there predators.
Try protecting your seedlings with barriers of some kind.

HTH