Slugs are snail-like mollusks with no shells. They have voracious appetites and will eat garden plants and crops as well as other vegetation, especially seedlings and tender plants. However, slugs do provide some ecological benefits. They are very important because they are part of the natural balance.They provide food (food source) for all sorts of mammals, birds, slow worms, earthworms, insects and they break down organic matter, which is important for recycling nutrients, such as nitrogen, through the food chain.

Slugs positively thrive in gardens particularly if we are growing salad plants and other tasty treats.They like moist environments with heavy, wet soil. They typically shelter in crevices beneath vegetation and under rocks, pots, mulch and in any area that retains moisture. They live in many places around the world and are eaten by numerous animals, including snakes, salamanders, toads, frogs, badgers, hedgehogs, moles, shrews, porcupines, foxes, raccoons, beetles and various birds, such as owls, robins, blackbirds, thrushes, starlings, seagulls, jays, ducks, geese, chickens and crows. For these creatures, slugs represent a good source of protein.

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