A terrific addition to my knowledge base, Thanks!
Hmmm, adding a little liquid dishwasher soap to a dilte cuppa coffee
would help wet the exoskeleton rascals too.
Good stuff.

                                        Chuck
Careful. We don't want to learn from this.
 - Calvin & Hobbes


On 7/18/2005 10:37:21 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20020629/food.asp
> 
> Slugging It Out with Caffeine
> Janet Raloff
> 
> Anyone who has raised tomatoes in a moist environment knows the
> tell-tale sign: Overnight, a ripe, juicy orb sustains a huge, oozing
> wound. If you arrive early, you might catch the dastardly culprit: a
> slug.
> 
> 
> In one test, scientists sprayed soil with dilute caffeine and then
> watched as slugs, like this one, made haste to get away.

> 
> 
> Who would have thought that a defense was as close as your coffee cup?
> 
>%


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