Field Guide to the Slug: Explore the Secret World of Slugs and Their Kin - In Forests, Fields...

by David G. Gordon and Western Society of Malacologists

Book Overview

It's hard to imagine life without a good field guide to slugs, but Gordon, thank god, wrote a doozy of one. In a mere 48 pages, Gordon covers slug anatomy, the slug family tree, the eating habits of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570610118
• ISBN13: 9781570610110
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Sasquatch Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Garden Foe

Any gardener with slugs within their gareden will treasure this book. It's a mini 101 course that will enlighten you about their behaviors and how to erradicate them. An added bonus is a beautifully "illustrated cover", worthy to sit on any coffee table.

Not so great for anything other than garden pests

This is a neat little package that gives a wealth of info about slugs. It was a little less technical than I had hoped. If you're looking to answer specific biology questions or have the hopes of a key, this is not the answer.

Field Guide to the Slug is good press!

What on earth am I doing reviewing a book about slugs? Because I live in Slugland & I want to know more about those slithery slimers who mug my lettuces & ravish my sprouts. This little book is a gem, a must for anyone living among gastropods. This book inspired me to write a poem about these critters who have been around far longer than we! Still don't like 'em, I'll tolerate them because David George Gordon has written a funny, informative, charming book about a subject most would rather stomp on! So there!

A book about slugs? Great!!

I found this book to be a concise, thorough discussion of the subject of garden slugs. Every gardener has had to deal with them in some form or another and this little book is the perfect addition to your gardening library on the subject. Excellent artwork and drawings, also.

Great short non-fiction on slugs

This is a great short non-fiction work on slugs, handy for identifying those little slimers. Just the right amount of detail for the mildly curious. Readable in about an hour, it includes brief chapters on "The Slug Family Tree," "The Slug in Brief," "Anatomy of a Slug," "Familiar Slugs of the Northwest," "Seven Wonders of Slugdom," "Controlling Slugs," "Observing Slugs in the Wild," and "at Home", "Plants Slugs Avoid Eating" and "Love to Eat", and a short bibliography