Scientists have imported a Moroccan fly to Australia to test if it can be used to kill introduced pest snails. Scientists are looking to introduce a Moroccan fly to Australia so it can kill pest ...

Our rainy spring weather has been great for our gardens — but may also have encouraged some unwelcome garden visitors, including snails and slugs. Snails and slugs are similar in structure and biology ...

Snails and slugs are similar in structure and biology, but snails have a characteristic spiral shell while slugs lack a shell. They both chew irregular holes on a variety of plants, preferring to feed ...

They're slimy, very slow and often found chomping away on plants. Slugs and snails can be spotted hanging out in gardens and parks and for a long time, the molluscs have been viewed as a nuisance to ...

OUR flip flop summer – with sun one minute and downpours the next – can make it hard to know what to expect. And the conditions also make it a nightmare in other ...

A GARDENING expert has revealed his top tip for keeping pests away from your vegetable patch ahead of harvest time. He said his organic pest control hack also repels creatures that would destroy ...

Slugs and snails are back at the top of the list of pests detested by gardeners after being knocked from first place by an invasive caterpillar. In 2015, the caterpillar of the box tree moth from East ...

All is not well in our earthly paradise. If the poet William Blake had looked more closely at 'England's green and pleasant land,' he'd have discovered a welter of galls, cankers, mildews, blights, ...

SLUGS and snails were relegated from top spot to third place in the list of the most troublesome garden pests for 2003. The vine weevil and lily beetle were one and two respectively in the table ...