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  • Image: slugs 1
    Credit: Jeff Hahn
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    Credit: Jeff Hahn

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    Credit: Jeff Hahn

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green arrowSlugs

  • Occurs spring and summer
  • Chews ragged, irregular shaped holes in leaves that cross the veins
  • Soft-bodied, brownish, up to two or more inches long; snails without shells
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  • Image: Deer damage 1
    Credit: Michelle Grabowski
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    Credit: Michelle Grabowski

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green arrowDeer, rabbit and other animal damage

  • All or large sections of leaves are cut off and missing, leaving only a stem or petiole (leaf stalk)
  • Flowers or flower buds cut off and missing
  • Animal foot prints or droppings near plant
  • Often happens suddenly, overnight
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