Corn:
Slugs (Various species)
| Author: | OMAFRA Staff
| | Creation Date: | 29
June 2005 | | Last Reviewed: |
15 June 2009 |
Excerpt from Chapter 1, Field Crop
Protection Guide, Order this publication Table
of Contents - Description
- Integrated
Pest Management Options
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Description
Juveniles and adults are soft-bodied,
legless, greyish or mottled in appearance and have a slimy or gelatinous covering
that helps keep them from drying out. The head has two pairs of tentacles. Slugs
usually range from 1-3 cm in length but can reach up to 10 cm. Integrated
Pest Management OptionsUsually not an economic pest because growing point
is not affected. Chemical control is not recommended.
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