WotD: slug bait

[muckefuck]

1. der Nacktschneckenköder
2. het naaktslakkenlokaas
3. el veneno para babosas
4. el verí per llimacs
5. l'appât pour limaces
6. yr abwyd malwod duon
7. an baoite drúchtíní
8. przynęta na ślimaki
10. 蛞蝓誘餌 kuòyúyòu'ěr

Notes: Our attempts to protect our sorrel from the depredations of gastropods have yielded their first grisly harvest. Monday night I buried plastic winecups up to their rims and then filled them with leftover Lithuanian beer from last summer. Upon inspecting them this evening, I found three tiny corpses floating in one--and I do mean "tiny". This were not the multi-inch monsters of memory but three nubs of flesh too small even cover one of my pinky nails.

Comments

[niemandsrose.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of the "flea bait" we used to use when I was a kid: a bowl of hot water with dish detergent in it. The fleas are attracted to the heat and then when they jump in, the detergent makes them sink and drown. I used to watch them, I was totally fascinated.

slugs and ughs..

[(Anonymous)]

I recommend diatomaceous earth, which I know they sell at Gethsemane, as I got some there last year. It makes all sorts of things that nosh on plants die. Unless you have a horde of cute ladybugs, or praying manti, or similar helpfulness, sprinkle away. Gwyn

[tisoi.livejournal.com]

I may not know how to say "Where is the Bathroom" in Polish, but at least I can say slugbait!

[itchwoot.livejournal.com]

We don't really distinguish between slugs and snails unless it's necessary, so "Nacktschneckenköder" sounds a bit too specific. ;) "Schneckenköder" should be good enough.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Was machst du denn hier? You should be out in public doing regrettable things you'd never conceive of doing back home!

[itchwoot.livejournal.com]

Das heb ich mir fürs Wochenende auf! ;-)