There is no shortage of nature where I live in Ohio City. Digging into my community garden plot today (a beautiful Sunday afternoon) I found these two slugs. I was impressed by their beautiful markings that look like a leopard's coat. The slugs I knew growing up in the western suburbs were smaller and a solid greenish-yellow color. I have only seen these leopard slugs in Ohio City and the Detroit-Shoreway area. I have noticed them occasionally over the past few years. If only they had shells, then you might describe them as cute. Slugs are no friend to gardeners and I am sure these robust specimens could do a lot of damage, so I removed them from the garden and released them a few blocks away to an uncultivated area where they can devour all the plants they want. I am an organic gardener, so slug bait is out of the question. I know about using containers with beer as a traps, but that always seemed like a waste of beer.
