You mentioned watering habits, it basically rained nonstop here for the last month... I definitely noticed more after rains... Thanks for the link, I'll keep an eye on them and hopefully the birds will finish them off... Plenty of birds here

Yeah, them slimy nuisances LUV warm, wet, humid weather... If you can do without watering between rains, it SHOULD reduce the population. Granted, there's not much you can do about monsoons ;) Draw in birds with raisins and stuff like that in the summer months -- I've noticed that the ones who go for that bait will then go looking for critters in the garden to eat. We use a flat feeder hung in a tree well off the ground. As the birds eat, they inevitably scatter some raisins in the garden and then go poking around eating not just raisins but all sorts of bugs, too. And once they locate a good source of bugs, they'll come back and also teach their chicks that your garden is a good source of goodies =)

The link gives British wildlife but presumably there are American equivalents. Few birds actually eat gastropods because of the slime. But some have evolved specialized behaviours such as smashing snails on stones or wiping off the slime. in a wet climate there is really not anything natural which will eradicate slugs. You might need to resort to pesticides of which there are a few organic choices.

birds eat them.. on the ground .. one of the reason they are in leaves on teh ground.. poking around ...

go out at night.. you will see a lot more ...

i am sure the H search engine will find you lots of posts on how to battle them ...

ken

Slugs love beer, particularly Budweiser. You can sink a saucer into an area where the slugs are seen. Pour beer in it . https://gardening.knoji.com/organic-pest-control-how-to-build-a-slug-and-snail-beer-trap/

I use beer too. At least they die happy. Cutting back and cleaning up all garden debris in the fall will reduce populations as well.

I'll try it I guess... Was out drinking beer and gardening last night... Next time ill crack one open for the other slimeballs too. Lol

I use this: