Slugs ndi mamembala a kalasi Gastropoda amadziyendetsa pamwamba pa malo ambiri podutsa minofu kuti ayende pamtunda. Amagwiritsa ntchito mano opangidwa ndi chitin kuti adye nyama zawo kapena kuti aziponyera mabowo. Pamene samanyamula chipolopolo, slugs imatha kudutsa pamatsewu opapatiza kwambiri ndipo idzagwera pansi kuti asawononge nyengo yozizira ndi mchere. Pamene amathera nthawi yochuluka pansi, slugs nthawi zina amadya pamitsitsi kapena tubers, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti masamba asamveke bwino.
Kawirikawiri, slugs amadziwika pamwamba pa nthaka, kuyamwa masamba, zimayambira, masamba ndi zipatso za maluwa, mchere, nyemba, nandolo, tomato, mbewu zokolola, kabichi ndi mandimu. Mbeu zazing'ono zili pangozi yowonongeka kwa slug ndi mayesero a masukulu awonetsa kuti masiku 14 oyambirira pambuyo pa kutuluka ndi ovuta kwambiri.
Kulamulira Garden Slugs
Njira zogwiritsira ntchito zowononga slugs ziyenera kusiyana ndi mbewu, malo enieni, nyengo ndi nthaka. Komabe, kulamulira kwa thupi ndi kwachilengedwe pamodzi ndi zomera zosagwira ntchito zimayenera kukhazikitsa maziko a njira yothandizira odwala matenda ophera tizilombo .
Njira zakuthupi zimaphatikizapo kugwiritsira ntchito misampha ndi nyambo zosiyanasiyana, kukhazikitsa zolepheretsa zamkuwa ndi kufalitsa dziko la diatomaceous, laimu kapena mchenga m'madera osungunuka, pofufuza usiku kapena m'mawa.
Kulamulira kwachilengedwe kumayambira ku predollate misomali ndi Phasmarhabditis maatodes kuti adye Staphylinid ndi Carabid kafadala ndi Sciomyzid ntchentche.
Komanso, njira zina zowonongeka monga kubzala msampha zamakono monga sardard ndi horseradish zimathandiza kuchepetsa kuwonongeka kwa slug, kuphatikizapo kupeĊµa ulimi wokhala ndi zakudya zamtengo wapatali monga mbatata kapena cabbages.
Kusungunula m'munda kumakhala kofunikira kuti kuchepetsa kupweteka.
Manyowa a kompositi ayenera kukhala patali kwambiri ndi munda ndi mulch, udzu wa masamba, namsongole ndi zitsamba zamasamba ziyenera kukhala zochepa m'madera ozungulira.