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Found out a new thing tonight (I am not a gardener and mowing is about my skill but learning. Anyway, am currently pulling up patio to level and re-lay as its popping up. I am delighted to find loads of leather jackets under it . How can i humanely get rid off? Really don't like killing things but my grass struggles enough with me as it owner  
Found out a new thing tonight (I am not a gardener and mowing is about my skill but learning.

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I read this and was thinking, did someone steal a load of leather jackets and hide them under the patio lol sorry I cant help
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On a serous note @pergolesi30828 did u have an easy way to get the slabs up  I really want to attempt mine BUT dreading if I start it's going to be "ffs what have I started lol"
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@milan96 same    
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@milan96 It took a bit of digging to get the first one up as they had been laid very securely previously. Once I got one up, the others weren't so much of a challenge.  
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And me  
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I'm howling  
+5 votes
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Daddy Long legs ! I just looked it up it’s the grub that turns into them !  
+17 votes
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Can you collect them and put them in a field for the birds. They are such a nuisance.  
+26 votes
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Omg I had never heard of these before. How weird!  
+20 votes
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How much for 2 leather jacket and are they 100% leather
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Leave them in a dish, the birds will find them.  
+18 votes
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Birds love them
+27 votes
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See many in my lawn but didn't know what they were nor their common name. Thinking arent they funny looking slugs, yet they are not typical slugs, so they are leather jacket.  
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Lots of people borrow chickens for a few days to get rid of them as they LOVE them. It’s extreme but an old tried and tested method x
+20 votes
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Sorry for the confusion there . Leather jackets are daddy long leg larvae. They can destroy your lawn and plants as they munch on the roots.  
+33 votes
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I have seen some of these in my garden and thought they looked like a shrivelled pen*s lol I think we have them under the grass as it barely grows
+32 votes
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I came to the comments to find out what a leather jacket is, I was honestly looking for a leather jacket you wear  thought I was going loopy  
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@birthplace wouldn't that be funny. The sub base of my patio is made up of leather biker jackets. No wonder it's not level  
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@birthplace I thought the same ‍♀️
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@birthplace me too!  
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@birthplace me too lol
+34 votes
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Put then in a pot and then put on bird table
+42 votes
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You need to get rid of them with nematode or they will kill any plant life including your lawn.  
+40 votes
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I was literally looking for a coat thinking where ‍♂️
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@roana me too  
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@roana ha ha me too xx
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Place them in a casserole dish and let the birds feast
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Leather jackets ?  
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