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Vertebrate predators of snails and slugs include shrews, mice, squirrels, and other small mammals; salamanders, toads and turtles, including the uncommon Blandings Turtle Emydoidea blandingii; and birds, especially ground-foragers such as thrushes, grouse, blackbirds, and wild turkey.
What are snails afraid of?
Garlic, Lawn Chamomile, chives. Some plants repel most slugs and snails and these may have a deterrent effect when planted alongside or used to make an extract. Many gardeners swear by garlic as a natural pest control.
Do bugs eat snails?
Not only insects eat snails, also many arachnids: Among the harvestmen (Opiliones) there are species (Ischyropsalis hellwigi) that almost exclusively live on snails. ... Besides arthropods there are also many carnivorous snail species. Those not only eat other snails, but also for example earth worms.
Do rats and mice eat snails?
The hidden danger posed by snails: Rats and mice are attracted to properties that have a lot of yummy escargot. Roof rats especially like to eat snails and will find a nesting site near a plentiful supply of snails.
