Incredibly, the UK is home to the largest land slug in the world – the ash-black slug. Despite its name, they come in all different colours, from toffee-blonde to brown and deep charcoal.

The ash black slug, considered to be the world’s largest land slug as it can grow to 25cm long (10 inches) and which has a ...

According to horticultural experts, this country is poised for an invasion of slugs, their cold, fat bodies geared up for a summer of unrelenting carnage in our vegetable plots and flower beds.