ScientificName: Order Stylommatophora, many families, many species
Description: Up to 3-inch, slimy, wormlike bodies. They can be various colors and have antennae that are just as slimy as their body.
Habitat/Food: Slugs prefer moist areas of the garden and come out at night to feed on the foliage of ornamental and vegetable plants. They leave slime trails on plant where they have been active.
Life Cycle: Adults lay eggs in the soil during the spring and they hatch within a few weeks.
Organic Control: There are a few slug and snail specific organic controls such as the product Sluggo?.
Interesting Fact: Most slugs are hermaphrodites, which means that they posses both sex organs. These organs mature at different times, so they will have both male and female phases of life.