Hort Month

Slugs and snails

Slugs and snails were the number one problem on the 2009 Top 10 garden pests list, according to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).
The RHS Entomology team, based at RHS Garden Wisley, have compiled their annual list of garden pests, based on the enquiries by RHS members during the last year.
.The top 10 pests of 2009 and 2008 …..

 2009                                        2008
1 Slugs/snails                      1 Slugs and snails
2 Harlequin ladybird            2 Horse chestnut leaf-mining moth
3 Lily beetle                           3 Cushion scale
4 Vine weevil                         4 Vine weevil
5 Chafer grubs                     5 Harlequin ladybird
6 Viburnum beetle               6 Capsid bugs
7 Pear leaf blister mite       7 Cypress aphids
8 Ants                                     8 Lily beetle
 8 Rabbits  =                          9 Rosemary beetle
10 Capsid bugs                    10 Grey squirrel