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"Mentally Jones II¾" wrote:

I have a severe slater problem - they are eating just about
everything.

I was under the impression that they ate mostly decaying plant matter, but
these guys say they do eat other things:

http://www.heyne.com.au/gardencentre...wing+Pests.htm

To quote:
They live in damp compost and areas where there is decaying wood. Their main
food supply is young shoots and soft root tips. They are known to chew young
seedling off at ground level. They cause problems with Tree Ferns, Elk and
Stag Horns where they feed on the young aerial root tips and they are very
fond of Epiphytic Orchids.

The most common garden slaters are the Porcellio Scaber, which has a hard
shell and comes in a range of colours from grey, brown or yellowish-orange
speckled with black. The adults are 9 -15 mm in size and are flat and oval in
shape.
They are not insects but crustaceans which are related to lobsters and prawns.
The common pillbug (Armadilidium Vulgare) is a similar species, is almost dark
black and rolls into a circle when disturbed.

CONTROL
They can be controlled by removing their breeding sites (rotting timber,
decaying vegetation matter etc) or sprinkling Naphthalene Flakes, Baysol Snail
Bait or LAWN GRUBS, LAWN BEETLE GRUBS AND SLATER KILLER or BAN ANT.

Note that these people sell such products. Global Garden, OTOH, says slaters
generally don't do much damage, and snail bait kills them.

Are you sure slaters are eating your plants, and not snails?

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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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