What's eating my corsican mint?

Corsican Mint is a tiny, moss-like creeping herb highly vulnerable to slugs and snails, which can devastate an entire mat overnight. Its diminutive size also makes aphid colonies disproportionately damaging. Spider mites attack in dry, warm periods. Because it stays low and damp, fungus gnats can colonize the root zone in pot culture.

Entire sections of the mat eaten away; slime trails and disappearing stems at soil level. Iron phosphate pellets scattered around the mat; hand-pick at dusk; avoid overwatering to reduce habitat.

Sticky, yellowing stems; tiny insects clustered on growing tips; whole shoots wilt. Dislodge with a gentle water spray; insecticidal soap applied carefully to avoid waterlogging.

Silvery stippling on tiny leaves; fine webbing across stem tips in hot, dry conditions. Increase air circulation; mist lightly; neem oil spray in the evening.

Larvae chew fine roots in containers, causing wilting and poor growth; adults hover around soil. Allow soil surface to dry between waterings; yellow sticky traps; Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) drench.