It’s raining so hard . . . ” in Anderson’s video, Arion Vulgaris: Notes on a Species (2023)—an experimental short documentary on what humans deem to be the worst slug pest in Europe, as we ...

The Arion vulgaris, or Spanish slug, is sex-mad and crazy to mate with our native British slug to produce a super-hybrid which can survive both hot and cold weather.

This month, four Finnish cities are offering six euros per litre for dead Spanish slugs. The population of the invasive ...

Gardeners are being urged to protect their plants from an invasion of randy superslugs from Spain. The Mediterranean species, Arion vulgaris, has been mating with slugs here and producing six-inch ...

Arion vulgaris was first spotted in the UK in 2012. They can grow up to 15cm long and are generally coloured between orange and reddish brown.

The Arion vulgaris slugs are monsters compared with most other slugs and are serious pests, capable of ravaging vegetable plots. A species monitoring website, EU-backed DAISIE, lists the slug ...

The species, Arion vulgaris, was first found in East Anglia at the end of last year but has just been confirmed as being new to Britain. Millions of ¿killer slugs¿ are set to invade gardens this ...

While invasions of cannibal slugs from Spain (Arion vulgaris) have attracted attention, most slugs will eat another dead slug if they find one. One home remedy that has yet to be tested is beer.

The slimy gastropods – called ‘Arion vulgaris’ – can reach a huge six-inches and are believed to have been carried over in Spanish salad leaves. Worse, ...

The Arion vulgaris is different to another kind of Spanish slug called the Arion Flagellus, which was first identified in the UK 60 years ago. Known as the Spanish stealth slug, ...

The slugs produce more offspring than British breeds (Picture: Shutterstock) A terrifying breed of sex-mad Spanish slugs are set to hit UK gardens – and beer may be the only way of stopping them ...

“The Spanish Slug (Arion vulgaris) and a close relative nicknamed the Spanish Stealth Slug (Arion flagellus) are both an invasion threat,” said Gordon Port, an invertebrate expert from the ...