What Does Slug Damage Look Like?
Slugs are valuable decomposers of organic material in the environment, but they also chew large, ragged holes in tender leaves and flowers. They can demolish small plants and new shoots of hostas, dahlias and other ornamentals. They chew on flowers of spring bulbs and can also climb up taller plants to chew leaves. Look for traces of silvery slime on chewed leaves to identify whether slugs caused the damage.
