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Re: Slug control with copper strips

>Based on what I've seen and what I've read, a copper wire would not do
>much good.....the repellant effect occurs when the slugs entire body is
>on the copper, ( A reaction between their secretion and the copper
>causes a shock.)

I gave the matter some more thought and it occurred to me that when I
was observing the slug that I had corralled with the 1/4-inch copper
tubing (this was a slug about 2 to 2.5 inches long), it didn't try to
put its whole body onto the tubing.  It went up to the tubing and
when it touched one of its antennae to the tubing, it withdrew and
tried a different direction.  That suggests to me that a slug will
get a shock from just touching the copper.  All this isn't very
scientific, of course <g>.

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