Date: 2006-08-31
Photo by: Jean — Nepean, Ontario
Location/Owner: Slug on a daylily



About the photo:
A winner in our July 2006 Perennial Plant Pests Photo Contest, sent in by Jean of Nepean, Ontario.

Feeding by night, slugs are not overly fussy eaters but their damage is obvious come morning. In Jean's words:

"The lower leaves of our three 'Gentle Shepherd' daylilies are streaked and tattered. We've had these plants for nine years and they are always like that; five other varieties remain almost untouched. Snails and slugs are feeding on the leaves of the 'Gentle Shepherds'. Are they doing the damage, taking the rap for another pest, or simply sharing the bounty? The daylilies manage to produce exquisite blooms in spite of this affliction."