For a couple of years, I've been battling little brown round snails that are eating holes in plant leaves and leaving rasp scrapings on stems. Now there is a new conical-shaped snail in my potted ...

If you have plants, you’re probably wondering how to get rid of slugs and snails in the garden. Even if you may not see them often, they make their presence known by eating up to six times their ...

Snails and slugs thrive when the weather is rainy and beds are regularly irrigated. (Patrick Pleul/AP) Since spring, frequent rains have been keeping things on the soggy side and causing a myriad of ...

Hand-picking, barriers, traps and organic bait are all preferable to poisoning these garden pests. Q: What are the best methods for organic control of slugs and snails? A: Damage to vegetables and ...

Slugs and snails are mollusks and are related to oysters and clams. Snails are the ones with shells and slugs are the ones without shells. These tiny animals eat using their rasping mouthpart called ...

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the European brown garden snail and the damage it does to our plants. I received some noteworthy emails in response. “I was born and grew up in Southern California,” ...

Problems with slugs and snails are beginning to appear throughout Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes. Both of these mollusk family pests are most active during moist or wet weather. Controlling them ...

It’s fun to watch the monarch butterflies sip nectar and lay eggs on the Asclepias (butterfly weed). It’s fun to watch the caterpillars turn into butterflies. It’s not fun watching the many looper ...