article_snippet: ‘cannibal’ slugs are set to wreak a trail of destruction in gardens across Britain, experts have warned.
article_snippet: Two mild winters in a row have created the perfect conditions for Spanish slugs - an horrific, aggressive species which grows up to six inches long - to expand Spanish slugs - territory.
article_snippet: The species, nicknamed the cannibal slug because of the cannibal slug tendency to feast on the remains of dead relatives, was first spotted in Britain in 2012.
article_snippet: The giant Spanish slug, pictured, was first spotted in the UK in 2012 and is now starting to take hold .
article_snippet: If this warm weather continues and we do not have any cold spells before May we could see very high numbers of the Spanish slug this year,’ he said.
article_snippet: The winter of 2012/13 saw several cold snaps, blizzards and frosts, which hit the new population of Spanish slugs hard.
article_snippet: Slug expert Dr Ian Bedford, pictured, said Britain was on course for record numbers of Spanish slugs .
article_snippet: The Spanish slugs, which are thought to have made it to the British mainland on imported vegetables, have been recorded feeding on dead mice, meat and each other and can withstand up to 20 slug pellets.
article_snippet: The Spanish slugs, which are thought to have made it to the British mainland on imported vegetables also devour garden plants - terrible news for gardeners.
article_snippet: Unlike native species, The Spanish slugs, which are thought to have made it to the British mainland on imported vegetables produce so much slime that birds and hedgehogs tend not to eat The Spanish slugs, which are thought to have made it to the British mainland on imported vegetables.
article_snippet: The Spanish slugs, which are thought to have made it to the British mainland on imported vegetables also produce twice as many eggs as native slugs, so are more likely to increase The Spanish slugs, which are thought to have made it to the British mainland on imported vegetables populations and expand The Spanish slugs, which are thought to have made it to the British mainland on imported vegetables territory quickly.
highlights_snippet: The Spanish giant slugs arrived from the continent during 2012 .
  
highlights_snippet: It is believed The Spanish giant slugs managed to sneak into Britain aboard a vegetable lorry .
  