2007-08-02 03:42:41 · 10 answers · asked by nat 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
In a nutshell, Yes.
Here are two articles you might find interesting about the similarities between slugs and snails.
http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/invertebrates_terrestrial_and_freshwater/Arion_distinctus/more_info.html
http://www.arnobrosi.com/slugbio.html
Chariotmender, you might want to add these to your source box.
2007-08-02 04:09:34 · answer #1 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slugs are related to snails; in the genus Arion, the shell is reduced to a group of calcareous granules below the 'mantle', which appears as a bulge on the upper surface of the slug.
The body of a slug is very similar to that of a snail,the most obvious difference being the abscence of a shell.This is not entirely true however,slugs still have some form of a shell.Sometimes this is a form of plate,lying below the mantle(Limacidae), in other cases there are chalky granules(Arionidae).
2007-08-02 10:57:36 · answer #2 · answered by Chariotmender 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. But snails prefer an alkaline soil. Supposedly to build up the shell. Slugs are not fuzzy but seem to prefer acid soil. The latter are the worse of the two in a garden.
2007-08-02 11:21:57 · answer #3 · answered by Billboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes' similur' same system, same conditionns. we still do not how they relate. Snails take three years to develop a firm shell, but slugs seem to have the open hand. They can prey on anything new and devastate the crop.
slugs & snails use the same sort of refuge, so it;s down to yo u &I to keep your plot clear. Salt works well, but so do are propriatory brands. They love Cool. dark,moist cxonditions, so that's where to mash them.Salt scattered around there source, not their outcome, will produce death outcomes, as will many propriatory,old & gardening solutions.
2007-08-03 20:01:48 · answer #4 · answered by Ikey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we can eat snails. but slugs eat our food. They are in the same family. But one is consider "bad" according to the benifits to humans.
2007-08-02 12:08:17 · answer #5 · answered by magictiger_007 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll pass on this question because I have already given an answer on a previous occasion.
2007-08-03 14:11:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are all Big Issue sellers.
Sorry I could not resist that one it has been a long day.
2007-08-02 11:21:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes they are. Just look it up on www.google.com or www.ask.com
2007-08-02 11:07:49 · answer #8 · answered by Kevin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup, pretty much
2007-08-02 12:39:29 · answer #9 · answered by MC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think so
2007-08-02 10:46:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋