Found a slug trail almost all the way to their room... but no mention of finding the slug.
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Imagine if they just go straight towards the smell and create a bridge of dead slugs through the salt
And that's why you need to use aluminium instead.
I was a wee little lad when a neighborhood friend showed me what happens to a slug when you pour salt on it, how anyone can see that and condone or joke about the use is akin to gas chambers being "effective" for the nazis or death sentences.
Slugs are amazing, their benefits are like worms, birds, and legumes super packed into tiny squishy guys (they compost, spread seeds, and are a good protein source for nature (link)).
Slugs also don't just "show up" and sneak into the house. If you've got a gap under the door like that then EVERYTHING is getting in and your entrance is about as energy efficient as a barn door (for the love of god just get an under door weatherstrip for 10$ even if you rent).
Slugs rely on very moist conditions, your gutter/foundation drainage at that point should be a priority and will 100% make the problem naturally go away. If they're in your house, you should be concerned about possible health complications with whatever conditions are making it a viable habitat for them (probably an open crawlspace with plumbing leaks and water pooling from improper grading). I would probably be worrying about mold and termites more at that point than some slimy guys.
Holy shit. What a throw back. That was one of my mates at university who did that, the exact post. It must be about 15 years old.
Edit: I've just checked, and it was 13 years ago to the day. 12th June 2012 this was posted, and then an update on 13th.
Update here: https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/06add345-006e-4679-9ca0-ed83bb1c11a9.jpeg
Your mate is hilarious!
So what you’re saying is you are able to update us with the results?
Only one update was given on Facebook https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/06add345-006e-4679-9ca0-ed83bb1c11a9.jpeg
I think after that he got a bunch of ants because of the jam, so resulted to slug pellets. Don't remember exactly, as it was 13 years ago to the day.
Thanks for the reply!
I expect the maze to be massive, spanning the entire house by now. Anything else and I would be incredibly disappointed.
Well then what happened? Did one complete the gauntlet?
Only one update was given on Facebook https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/06add345-006e-4679-9ca0-ed83bb1c11a9.jpeg
I think after that he got a bunch of ants because of the jam, so resulted to slug pellets. Don't remember exactly, as it was 13 years ago to the day.
Hello nice to meet you, now that we know each other I will post that I know the friend of a guy who posted this photo, thank you.
You think that's impressive? I've responded to a comment from someone who spoke to the friend of the guy that posted this photo.
Did the slugs just use the sides of the door frame to skip over the edges of the maze?
Only one update was given on Facebook https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/06add345-006e-4679-9ca0-ed83bb1c11a9.jpeg
I think after that he got a bunch of ants because of the jam, so resulted to slug pellets. Don't remember exactly, as it was 13 years ago to the day.
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"hearty amount of jam"
Annnnnd now I have slugs and ants.
Slug diplomat makes agreement with ant diplomat.
Ants carry away salt.
Slugs share jam.
OP unwittingly made bug super alliance.
but what's in it for the Ants? They do all the work and have to share their bounty.
They now have enough salt to wage war on the slugs, the slugs win will be temporary until the ants weaponize the salt.
This is classic short-sighted ant-centrism. With no slugs in the region, the local supply of salt and jam will collapse. While the slugs do benefit more from the deal, ants should not use that as an excuse to make demands of their allies.
It’s classic slug politics where they throw their weight around on the international stage.
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This is how you end up with hyper slugs a few generations down the line
Guess that's what OOP's trying to selectively breed
Years ago I had a housemate and she told me that every night, a slug would leave a trail on her bedroom mat and this was going on for years. She could never find it or catch it.
She went away for a week or so for work so I poured some salt on her mat.
Next morning I go look and I find the slug stuck in the middle of the mat unable to escape.
Took a photo of it, tossed it out into the garden and vacuumed the mat.
Showed her the photo when she returned and told her what I had done. She was so relieved that the phantom slug had been dealt with.
This leads to more questions than answers for me.
Where was the slug coming from, and if it had got onto the mat despite the salt, why couldn't it go back the same way?
My guess is it got in through the window and was never able to find its way out and probably hid somewhere in her room during the day, coming out at night to uh... feast on... no idea.
It's probably like a fly, can find its way into houses and things but not get out. It probably found a way onto the mat through the least resistance and then didn't find a way back out by the time I found it.
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Maybe this is a regional specific thing, but if I kept finding a weird streak in my bathroom, I would never in a million years assume a sneaky slug suspect.
This was in her bedroom, and it looked like the regular snail or slug slime trail.
If you had seen it in person, you'd have known.
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What kind of shit houses are you guys building over there?
Looks like low budget college housing. I doubt anywhere is so perfect that a slug can't slip under the door of a low budget college home.
It doesn't take much of a gap for a slug to get in. They could probably get into your home if you were in a wet enough climate with enough slugs.
Sorry, what? Is this what you're used to? Doors so crappy that slugs can wriggle through?
Nice of you to draw an arrow to indicate the start, must be very helpful to them.
slug slips under door and plows head first into salt arrow
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The 'fiery death' is actually they melt into a surprisingly large amount of very liquidy goo. You don't want that in your fitted carpet..
They spread a cup of salt on it, we're past caring about the carpet
Salt is easy to vacuum. An encrustation of a dried salt-mucus-protein mush though - that's another level!
I love tower defense games.
The SUPREME tower defense game was "Beat the Geek".
Are you familiar?
Do slugs even like jam? I really don't feel like doing a web search 😂
Disgusting.
Carpet.
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