Slugs (Figure 64) are terrestrial mollusks, and often live in dark and humid places with a lot of humus, such as fields, vegetable pits, greenhouses, weeds, sewers near living rooms, etc. Generally, they lurk during the day and bite the buds, leaves and fruits of plants at night. Slugs can secrete a kind of mucus, which is silvery white after drying, so the fruits climbed by this insect will leave traces of white mucus, which reduces the commercial value of fruits.
Fig. 64 Segment plug
Prevention and cure method
(1) adopt high ridge cultivation and cover it with plastic film to reduce the chance of injury; ② During the strawberry growing period, 2.5% dichlorvos can be killed by 3000 times or sprayed with 20% metoclopramide by 8000 times on the ground, and the medicine should be stopped 20 days before harvesting.