Slugs On House Siding

Over winter i found one scooting about the kitchen floor.

Slugs on house siding.

You will see how and where it got in it does not take a very big hole to let a slug in you should seal all the holes with a sealant like silicone. But you can stop them. They can also get in through any gaps in old doors or windows. Coffee grounds are another natural cure to deter slugs and snails.

Slugs like dark damp hiding spots so place a wet piece of wood or plank near slug hotspots. They will go there for some leisure time after devouring your garden all night. Slug slime on vinyl siding tags. The beer or grape juice bait in shallow pie tin should be slightly buried in ground to all easy entry.

And just ask a child who has stepped on one oozing its way across the kitchen floor that slime sticks like glue. The snails hide under stones bark. If slugs are getting in your houseplants make sure they can t get inside your house. If you have a leafy garden moss or any type of slimy surface close to your house slugs can get in through vents and under or through skirting boards.

Their trails usually appear overnight across floors cabinets and carpets even up the walls. They do leave that telltale silver slimy trail behind them. Slugs trails usually appear overnight and by the morning they can have ventured across all your floors carpets sofas and even your antique or brand new cabinets. How to prevent slugs and snails coming into the house you should track the path of the slug back from where you find it using a bright light or a torch as this will shine up the slimy trail.

When we first moved in to our house there were a few slugs on the walls outside not really an issue so i ignored it. Slugs in the house can drive you absolutely crazy. You can buy snail pellets that you can spread over yard. This has been shown to kill slugs and prevent them from feasting on your plants.

In the morning lift it.