Thursday, September 27, 2018

Spotted Garden Slug


The usual response to a slug is ug! We found this fellow outside of our front door during a rainstorm. It is a Limax maximus and has a number of common names. It is interesting that such a vulnerable and apparently defenseless animal could have survived for so many millions of years. By the way, it was a native of Europe and is an introduced animal in America. Having lived in the desert most of my life, my experience with slugs is very limited.

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