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Do slugs eat daffodils?

At a recent meeting of local daffodil lovers, I overheard my friend, Tammy, telling other members about a slug attack on a daffodil grower’s plants. I joined the conversation, and the discussion soon turned to methods of ridding daffodil beds of slugs and snails.
Later, at home, I remembered that I had written a column several years ago about a slug attack on our Asian and Oriental lilies. Although Jim and I haven’t noticed a slug problem with our daffodils, an online search revealed that slug attacks can cause serious damage to valuable bulbs, so here is some information on how to protect your daffodils and other plants from these unwelcome critters.
Slugs are not insects. They are, essentially, snails without shells, so any information related to slugs and how to prevent them from eating your daffodils also applies to snails. Slugs and snails are members of the phylum Mollusca, like clams and oysters. Try not to think about this too much. Slugs’ bodies consist mostly of water, and th...

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