On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 21:21:54 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
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"BAC" wrote in message
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"Tumbleweed" wrote in message
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"batgirl" wrote in message
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Does that include lilly beetles, slugs, snails, caterpillars etc, or
is
it just furry creatures?

No, all creatures. I think lily beetles are absolutely gorgeous! Take
the
time to look at one closely before you squish it. They are such a
stunning
colour. I realise a lot of you will think I am mad but I really can't
kill
anything in the garden. I would rather work around the so called
'pests'.
I collect all the slugs and snails in a bucket and rehome them on a
huge
area of overgrown waste area near my house. You may think this a lot of
effort but that way I live in harmony with nature.

Clare


They will starve, or be eaten, since obviously there will be too many to
be
supported on that waste ground because it (a) wont have the nice tender
plants you supply, or (b) the particular ones (eg lily beetles eat
lillies
(how many are there in the waste ground area?) and (c) it will already
have
the maximum number of individuals that can be supported by the plant
growth
and the local predators. You are just killing them differently.


Slugs dying of starvation? If that were the case, wouldn't the 'huge area
of
overgrown wasteland' be denuded of plants first?


"They will starve, or be eaten" ..

It will of course be denuded of plants that provide easy sustenance for
slugs (ie the ones you'd find in gardens) , the remaining ones will be
tougher and provide less 'easy pickin's'

If there was no predation, and the plants were easy to eat, then in that
patch the local slug/snail pop would expand until all the plants were gone.
Obvious if you think about it, why wouldnt they?

Daft brush.