I have never had anything eat my snowdrops until this year when a motherless fawn bedded down by the window under my hummingbird feeder. He must have been orphaned or sent off before being properly instructed. Fortunately he has wandered off now, so the later flowers are opening unmolested except for my two poculiform elwesii (these are the pure white little lampshade flowers). I had great plans for hybridizing but both flowers were eaten - by slugs, I guess. Another first. Bits of petal left, but not a smidgeon of pollen nor the ovaries. I wonder if the lack of green made the flowers taste better. -- Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada maritime zone 8 cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually) sandy soil