The expert spoke about the difference between Spanish slugs and ordinary slugs.
Andrey Tumanov, chairman of the Moscow Horticultural Union NGO, explained how Spanish slugs differ from ordinary ones.
In conversation with aif.ru On Thursday, May 29, the specialist noted that reports of their toxicity and that they can cause burns are fake.
"The Spanish slug is usually large in size and reddish-orange in color. It is not poisonous and does not cause burns," the expert emphasized.
According to him, Spanish slugs tolerate frosts worse than usual, but their masonry can withstand low temperatures. The mass appearance of Spanish slugs is noted in some years and is associated with weather conditions, summer humidity and winter temperatures.
Tumanov added that the methods of dealing with Spanish and common slugs are identical. In particular, beer traps work well against them.
On May 27, Vadim Maryinsky, a researcher at the Department of General Ecology and Hydrobiology of the Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University, in an interview with 360.ru He said that slugs should never be eaten, because they may contain parasites. Meanwhile, nothing terrible will happen if you collect them with your hands in a bucket, the main thing is to wash your hands thoroughly afterwards.
In April, zoologist Ilya Gomyranov, an employee of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, told the Moscow City News agency that Spanish slugs would reach adult size by midsummer. He noted that Spanish slugs do not pose a danger to humans, but they can seriously harm agricultural crops.
Earlier, biologist and agronomist Mikhail Vorobyov, in an interview with RT, warned that Spanish slugs are very dangerous for plants. They need to be destroyed only by purely mechanical means.
Before that, the site kp.ru He wrote that slugs are a delicacy for many predators. They are eaten by hedgehogs, toads, frogs, lizards, as well as birds — rooks, starlings, jays, crows, larks and ducks with chickens.
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