BUGGA! Slug Trap – 10 Slug Traps for Indoors and Outdoors
BUGGA! Slug Trap – 10 Slug Traps for Indoors and Outdoors – Disposable Beer Traps for Slugs, Pet Friendly Slug Killer, Poison Free Slug and Snail Killer – Slug Pellets Alternative – Indoor Slug Trap
HOW DO THEY WORK? – Gardeners have long used beer traps to defend against those pesky gastropods – but how do they actually work? Slugs and snails are naturally attracted to decaying plant material which is a source of food for them. Beer (and other alcoholic drinks) seems to cause the same response due to the presence of yeast. Once the slug or snail makes their way into the trap they often slip into the liquid and are unable to get out, where they eventually drown in the beer (what a way to go!)
Will beer traps completely eliminate slugs & snails from your place of residence? Probably not…
Will they reduce your overall volume of slugs & snails?Absolutely!
Slug traps are a valuable tool in your gastropod defense arsenal – particularly in homes and gardens which don’t use potentially hazardous biocides & poisons (quite right too).
POISON FREE&MUCH MORE PET FRIENDLY – Most slug and snail pellets, powders, sprays and gels contain biocides or poisons. These chemicals can be potentially hazardous to pets, children, wildlife and ecosystems. Our slug traps, however, contain nothing more unnatural than 2 inches of beer! Conventional slug and snail killers contain biocides which are just as toxic to pets and wildlife as they to slugs and snails. Our traps are a much more pet friendly option as they do not contain any biocide or poison. Please note that slug and snail traps could still pose a choking hazard to curious pets, particularly if the trap has not been emptied and is starting to smell. Remember to check and empty the traps regularly. Always set the traps in places your pets cannot reach. Always supervise your pets around the traps.
INDOOR & OUTDOOR USE – Can be used outdoors: in vegetable patches, green houses, around flower pots and in raised beds. Also suitable for indoor use: in cloak rooms, around cat / dog food bowls, around skirting boards or any point of slug-ingress.
| Dimensions: | 20 x 19 x 0.2 cm; 160 Grams |
| Model: | ST-10 |
| Part: | ST-10 |
| Manufacture: | BUGGA! |
| Dimensions: | 20 x 19 x 0.2 cm; 160 Grams |
These are made of medium grade plastic. If the user is careful, each bag can be used more than once, but is more than likely to break quite easily. Although the plastic is recyclable, in reality, very little plastic is actually recycled. Most of it is burned, adding to the toxicity in the air.
I would prefer to use other traps made of thick plastic that will last longer and can be rinsed and reused multiple times or just a plank of wood lent longwise against something, as slugs will hide there during the day to protect themselves from the sun. They can then just be scraped off into a bin or somewhere where they won’t find it easy to return to one’s garden.
The concept is simple and yes, slugs love beer and will drown in it, especially as the holes are high and small enough that they won’t easily be able to find their way out again. This is a convenient way for those who are squeamish to deal with the slimy little buggers.
Our back yard has been inundated with slugs. Every night they come out from holes along the bottom of the flower bed retainer wall. Some nights I’ve gone outside to find dozens all over the paving stones, and they’ve been destroying our plants.
So I thought ‘enough is enough’ and decided to try these slug traps. We didn’t have any beer so I tried cider with some dried yeast sprinkled over it (I don’t know how much yeast there is in cider compared to beer or ale, and being as the slugs are attracted to the yeast itself I didn’t think it would hurt). Setting up the traps was easy enough. The plastic pyramids are easy to unfold and fill. The instructions say ‘fill to 5cm’, but that’s more than an entire can of cider, so rather than waste it all on one trap I decided to half-fill two traps and see what happened.
I put that traps out yesterday evening just before dark. They feel quite sturdy, but I was concerned that the weight of the slugs would cause the pyramids to collapse. I needn’t have worried, though, because when I checked at around 11pm the pyramids were absolutely covered in slugs! They had climbed all the way up the outside to the top, but didn’t seem to be going in through the two side holes. I left them overnight and checked back this morning. While I had hoped the pyramids would be filled with slugs, there were actually only one or two in each, and a couple of very thin looking slugs around the outside still. The slugs are normally very fat, so whether these had been adversely affected by the alcohol/yeast I don’t really know.
So, for this first run, it only caught a couple of slugs, but I will continue trying, and I will get some cheap beer, something with a high yeast content, to see if the slugs prefer that to the cider. Who knows, maybe they don’t like cider and prefer a real ale. 🙂
I have some new shrubs that must be a delicacy for slugs as they recently had a right buffet and left the leaves ravaged. Some quick research and I’ve found these which have already had some success with a couple of slugs found in the morning in them.
Looks a bit odd in the front garden but work well so I’ll continue to use!
(you’ll need to get your own beer!)
A good alternative to slug pellets that could easily harm pets and small garden wildlife.
Made from the by product of beer making these slug traps are very effective and good value for money.
I have been using beer to catch slugs for the past few years as a more environmental friendly method of slug control. I have been using small plastic pots, e.g. yoghurt pots, but the beer get diluted by any rain and then needs to be topped up.
These traps keep the beer useful for longer so I don’t need to top up so often. They can work for a week or two and still be effective. The slugs just love the beer and head for it straight away and end up with a beery end. In one night 10 or 15 slugs end up that way.
Once finished these bags can be thrown out which I found the downside to these trap, I would prefer to have something which can be washed and reused.
My garden has been ravaged by slugs this year. My usual deterrent just hasn’t worked. These however make good beer traps for the slugs who seem to be attracted to them. Hopefully this method will save my plants from being eaten. They feel a little flimsy but with liquid inside they keep there shape
We try to be as natural in the garden as we can, and as we have hedgehogs visiting, slug pellets are definitely not an option. I find beer traps plus collecting them by torchlight is the best way to keep the numbers down (and save your plants!) These traps are easy to use and I have found that a certain supermarket sells 4 cans of bitter for one pound, which they seem to enjoy! Easy to put in place and empty, most evenings we have a few in each trap which is great. Good value and useful product.
As a child, we used tubs containing cheap cider to trap slugs. These are the same idea but I’m slightly disappointed I have to provide my own beer (I would rather drink it). It’s all about convenience really, if you don’t want to find empty tubs or cartons to use, then these are a good idea. For someone who is environmentally friendly, you would probably be better recycling your own.
Saying that, I will put some in the house as we have a bit of a scarlet pimpernel slug. Trails in the kitchen but can never find the blighter. Time will tell if these work for him/her (just hope they like cheap and nasty beer – I’m not giving them my good stuff).
These are like little plastic pyramids that you put 5 cm of beer in, and the slugs are attracted to the beer. They can be used both indoors and outside and there is no chemicals involved so they are safe near pets, but obviously, some pets are enquisitive and will investigate the trap and you obviously don’t want them to ingest the contents, so best to put them where your pets can’t get to them.
When my traps arrived the weather has turned warmer, so we will wait till we get wet, damp conditions again till we put them out.