"Ade" wrote in message
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"Dimple" wrote
Hi, has anyone noticed that there seem to be fewer slugs and snails this
year despite the wet weather (well in the SW anyway).
Could it be because we actually had a proper cold spell for a change?

Up here, in the wilds of Bolton, snails and slugs are thriving, as are red
lily beetle and wasps. However, I've noticed a lack of greenfly. As for
plants, this year seems to be a good year for honeysuckle and laburnum.



We have lots of snail "shells" :-)) Slowworms, Frogs, Toads, Thrush (Not
that we have seen it this year)

As for honeysuckle, have to agree on that one :-))

BUT, we do have little black slugs, about an inch long damaging the Flag
Irises :-(( These have been eating round the base of the flower bud so the
complete flower collapses :-((

Mike
On a South Facing Southern positioned garden on the Isle of Wight
NOT an Advisor/Instructor to the BBC Flower Shows :-(


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