"Crag" gansburg-dot-01-at-zen-dot-co-dot-uk wrote in message
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Evening,

Just come in from doing the slug patrol in the garden.

I've noticed that the (what I consider to be) traditional slug (fat &
brown
or black and a few inches long) are relatively few in numbers, whereas
small (about 1 inch long) creamy/white ones are in abundance.

Some of these are naturally on my plants but most (I must have chopped at
least 30 tonight) are in my lawn.

Are these just baby slugs or something different. Why have they taken a
fancy to my lawn. Incidentally, the lawn has recently become patchy in
places. Is this a coincidence or a new lawn slug? Or am I talking out or
my
a**e?

Those smaller creamy ones are yer common garden slugs - the most damaging of
the lot. The big black ones look serious but are not responsible for nearly
as much damage. None of the slugs are to blame for the state of your lawn.
Many possible causes for that but unless the lawn has been well prepared and
maintained, it's just normal summer tatty lawn syndrome.
--
Rod

My real address is rodtheweedygardeneratmyweedyisp - just remove the weedy
bits and transplant the appropriate symbol at.