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Why are slugs and snails attracted to beer?

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Slugs and snails are apparently attracted to beer. If you take a small container like a tuna tin, fill it with beer, and set it on the ground. The slugs will be attracted to the beer, go for a sip, fall in and drown. read more

While I'm not entirely sure why snails are attracted to beer, but I do have some theories you could test. Since snails are a decomposer, they are attracted to sugars and yeast which indicate something breaking down. Beer is fermented so it attracts snails. read more

Beer traps only attract snails from the immediate area. The number of traps you’ll need to make depends on the size of your garden. If you have a garden with perimeters of nine feet (three meters) by nine feet (three meters), for instance, you’ll need nine beer traps. read more

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