[Zippy]

I have tried baking and brewing yeast in water but found it does not attract like beer. I think they are attracted by beer smell myself. Wine deosn't work either.

[penninehillbilly]

we use 'golden syrup' in jars, when finished I put some sugar in and top up with hot water to dissolve sugar. same as beer trap, I found 15 - 20 slugs at a time in there, but PLEASE don't forget to put a twig in so ground beetles etc have a chance to climb out. I don't know if it's the smell of the syrup or whether just sugar would work.

[Zippy]

what about wasps?

[elrohana]

Used to have a slug problem at a previous house.  Put a layer of salt down on one of their 'paths'.  Result: next morning, one dead slug, which I left in situ.  Result following morning - several dead slugs.  An elderly neighbour had told me if you leave the corpses, others come looking and get caught by the salt as well.  Seems to work. 

[madcat]

The late swedes I put in outside the net have been untouched by slug, bird or caterpillar - too late for caterpillars now?

Not going by the half hour spent yesterday feeding em to the frog!

[penninehillbilly]

what about wasps?

I never found a wasp or bee in there, it isn't a 'fruity' smell, maybe that's why.
If i can I kill them quickly, pellets, salt etc must be a torturous(?) way to die, maybe we should remember they are only trying to survive, they don't know they are upsetting us?