The slug that loves to come indoors is the ‘Limacus Flavus‘, the yellow cellar slug, a medium-sized slug measuring 13cm long. It is slender with pale mottling on a tan or a yellow, green body.
Slugs come indoors looking for something they need. If they need warmth or shade, they will look for it in your home. Knowing what attracts them to your house will help keep them away.
How To Stop These Creatures From Accessing Your Home
If you find a slimy slug trail, use a torch to highlight its path to track the entrance point to your house. For all external doors, block the gaps that the slugs use as entrance points with a draught excluder.
Seal All The Windows And Doors- Survey all your windows and doors in your house to check for holes, cracks, or loose areas that slugs can crawl through and seal them with suitable material.Use Copper Tape - Copper tape is well known to prevent slugs from reaching your plants in gardens and pots.
Use Salt - If you find several slugs in your kitchen or bathroom, pour salt on them; however, it will kill them. Use A Slug Trap - Slug traps are best because they lure these creatures diverting them from their target.
Put Up Bird Feeders And Other Natural Predators Homes -Encourage and have attract birds into your home and garden to eat up all those slugs as a natural repellant. Use Silicone Dioxide - This substance is harmful and should be used with care. When you pour it on a slug, it draws out oils in the slugs, drying them out to death.
Spread Sharp Barriers On The Slugs Route - Slugs have soft bodies that cannot stand sharp objects, including eggshells. Grow Slug Repellant Plants Near Your House - If all else fails, grow repellant plants around your home to keep the slugs away. Some of these plants include rosemary, anise, wormwood, rue, and fennel.
It’s clear why you have slugs in your home; they are just looking for comfort and food. No offense, but slugs are yucky; if you have stepped on one barefoot, then you know how bad it feels.