Interesting links, Lizzie. I didn't visit them all, but there is food for thought. I have a story I'll share later about my father's interest in slugs in the Pacific Northwest (where we had a varied and large population). I have a slug magnet on my freezer.

The little ones we have here in North Texas are destructive to leafy greens in the garden. The chemical pellets are an abhorrent and too destructive. I use beer because it deals with the problem locally in the vegetable garden. The slugs and snails elsewhere are left alone to do their thing in the yard biomass.

I've thought about putting out snap traps, but I'm afraid I'd catch native lizards who also live out there. Maybe setting one close to the compost to see if I can snag them there, one at a time, as the lizards slow down and go in for the winter is the way to do it. I know the voles are interested in seeds that fell near the house, and I don't mind that they are eaten but I don't want the population explosion in the garden leading to a house invasion.

SRS