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  3. Mint Pests

Mint-Slug

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Gray garden slug
Agriolimax reticulatus Muller
Adult on host
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Spotted garden slug
Limax maximus Linnaeus
Adult female adult
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Includes

European black slug (Arion ater)
Gray garden slug (Deroceras reticulatum)
Great gray garden slug (Limax maximus)
Marsh slug (Deroceras laeve)

See also:

Slug Control

The use of metaldehyde formulations and baits and iron phosphate baits are discussed. Economic injury levels and thresholds for controlling slugs infesting mint have not been determined.

Management-chemical control

  • iron phosphate/spinosad (Bug-N-Sluggo) at 0.2 to 0.44 lb ai/A. PHI 7 days. REI 4 hr. Retreatment interval 4 days. Do not make more than 4 applications per calendar year or more than 3 applications per crop, or apply more than 0.45 lb ai/A spinosad per crop. OMRI-listed for organic use.