Clams, photographs of which this summer is studded with social media, in the scientific name Arion lusitanicus, or Spanish red slug. Spain appears here not by accident – clams hails from there. In the capital group “the Notes vet” in a Facebook post about slugs collected nearly 150 comments. “We have in such a Prominent reptiles crawl. While I had no construction, the entire plot was in them, not to pass without stepping on you… disgusting!” writes Natalia Leonteva. And Yulia Romanova after posting a photo of a slug next to the matchbox – sized they are the same. “That’s only on Saturday saw,” says the Muscovite. “In Domodedovo seen several. Indeed, big and red,” confirms Inna Sidorenko.
Came to the comments and the inhabitants of the European countries. These slugs are a real threat to agriculture. In Switzerland, for example, chemicals to combat them are sold directly at supermarkets, write a living there are Russians. For us, these clams is still a novelty.
“Last summer in Moscow, there were three fires where red slugs in the yard on 3rd Tverskaya-Yamskaya street, in Kuzminki and on Leninsky Prospekt, – said “RG” the first Deputy Chairman of the Central Council of all-Russian society of nature protection Elmurod Rasulmukhamedov. – Any measures against them has not been taken, and I had hope that they would perish in the winter. But the winter was warm, and now they are back. Recently, we collected them in the “Aptekarsky ogorod”, plenty of messages come from the South of Moscow, he is simply overwhelmed by them”.
Red slugs imported, emphasizes Rasulmukhamedov, somewhere they could bring especially to keep the home instead of conventional spiders or snakes, and thrown out, and somewhere they got into the country accidentally along with imported vegetables, fruits, etc. “some countries have recorded cases where the slugs were brought to Panama or hat – there was egg, and a hat just threw”, – the expert notes.
Hopes for the death of the slugs coming winter also can not be justified, says Rasulmukhamedov, even if there are heavy frosts in shellfish can wait them in the soil near heating pipes or in basements. Besides bred now a lot of them. In Lobnya, for example, have been finding them at the lake Kiovo – urban communities in Instagram local citizens spread images of slugs the size of your palm. There are fears that living on the local lake the gulls are dying because they eat them.
“actually not, gulls are dying from natural causes – just a period, when the Chicks take flight and the parents cease to feed them. Some Chicks never take off and die, says Rasulmukhamedov. But this does not mean that slugs do not pose a threat. They are the carriers of various parasites can be dangerous to the health of humans and animals. To touch with bare hands�� not only in gloves”.
the Problem is in the fact that in our latitudes slugs have no natural enemies, and means they can breed rapidly and endlessly. Fight them until only the people that already slowly starting to do the suburban gardeners. Of the chemicals most popular “Thunderstorm” – means just from slugs and snails. 15-gram bag costs about $ 15, enough for treatment of 5 square metres – the slugs eat the granules and die in a couple of hours. Gardeners recommend to RUB the tool around the beds, so as not to give the clams closer to the harvest.
vacationers do Not lose faith in folk remedies, and sometimes quite unexpected. Experienced gardeners say that slugs allures the smell of beer, so you can pour the drink in a jar and bury it in the ground by the neck. “The slugs are crawling to the Bank and fall into the beer, out they can’t. A few hours is typed in, the big “catch”. Then they can be burned or sprinkled with salt” – share with each other users. Salt, by the way, really kills slugs, so it can be used without pairing with beer. But more work is still factory insecticides.
Why gardeners are so disliked slugs? It is not only disgust, clams can easily destroy plants in a matter of hours the colony these gastropods eat some bushes. Actually, in Europe with shellfish so the fight is pretty ambitious – they are considered a real threat to agriculture.
In the capital’s Department of natural resources and environmental protection, “RG” confirmed that the population of red slugs this year has increased significantly due to the abnormally warm winter and rainy summer. Notice the Spanish molluscs on many natural areas, including natural-historical Park “Izmailovo”.
“the Main food of the Spanish slug are the plants of orchards and gardens, – say in the Department. – Thus he avoids eating wild nekulturny of plants, containing volatile, bitter and other substances that plants protect themselves.”
So out of gardens to survive the slugs harder, and their individual small size also serve as a simple and accessible food for wild animals: hedgehogs, moles, amphibians and some birds, noted in the Department. In addition, in the forests the soil may freeze for a few tens of centimeters, even in relatively warm winter and artificial heat sources is not there, so in the cold population of shellfish will be reduced.
“the Danger of slugs mainly lies in the fact that their slime can be some types of parasites and microorganisms. Therefore, their bare hands is not recommended to touch” – once the Ministry informs.
to Deal with slugs ��other pests with the chemicals in our forests is not allowed under the law, say in Mospeada. According to the Forest code in the forests located on specially protected natural territories, water protection and forest zones to use toxic drugs can’t. They can damage plants and animals, including listed in the Red book.
