Ugh! Nasty creatures, we should set an army of geese upon them..
[h=1]’Killer slugs’ find in Norwich garden is ‘a UK first'[/h]
Ian Bedford discovered the slug in his garden
A giant species of slug, which has attacked crops in mainland Europe and eats dead mammals, has been identified in the UK for the first time in a Norwich garden.
Scientist Dr Ian Bedford spotted the Spanish slug, also known as arion vulgaris, on the outskirts of Norwich.
Dr Bedford, head of entomology at the John Innes Centre, has had his findings confirmed by Aberdeen University.
“The presence of this aggressive species is bad news,” he said.
The Spanish slug can lay up to 400 eggs each and has few predators.
