The research at Harper Adams University in Shropshire has found a way to gather slugs and tag them with minuscule tracking microchips injected into their body to monitor their activity. Slugs are a menace not just to gardeners but farmers too. Without pesticides they would wreak havoc and cost £100 million in crop damage. However, the use of pesticides is increasingly restricted, so farmers need to find new ways to control them. Slugs are only found in patches…

Source: The Times January 18, 2018 00:03 UTC