As if the extremely wet and cool weather wasn’t enough to worry about, slugs are becoming active in many fields. Again this year I am participating in the United Soybean Board Multi-State Slug Monitoring Project. As part of this project, I have several fields throughout Knox County that I monitor for slug activity on a weekly basis. Today was the first time I found any significant activity. Several fields are now beginning to show significant slug feeding. To make matters worse most of the slugs that I am finding are small juvenile slugs. This would indicate that a slug hatch has recently occurred. These juvenile slugs are like teenagers – As they grow, they will eat anything in site, and a lot of it!
