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12-09-2007, 09:58 PM
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| | | Slug needs a name
I know it is a Black Slug but it would like more of a name than that. Photographed both sides as I believe the breathing hole is important in identification.  
Thanks in anticipation of somebody giving the ID for it.
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12-09-2007, 10:00 PM
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Looks like Arion ater.
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12-09-2007, 10:00 PM
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| | | Re: Slug needs a name
Try Arion ater
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12-09-2007, 10:47 PM
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| | | Re: Slug needs a name
That was quick, thank you both Tormentil and Rob.
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12-09-2007, 10:53 PM
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| |  Re: Slug needs a name
He looks like a Derek to me ... yup, definitely a Derek! My question is ... how will you recognize him in a crowd? |
12-09-2007, 11:28 PM
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| | | Re: Slug needs a name
If it's Arion ater.. if you give him/her a gentle (gentle) poke with your finger, he'll crunch up to a surprisingly small hunched shape, with all the strange wrinkles on his back showing. And keep watching.. because then he'll actually start wiggling from side to side. I only found this out very recently and can't believe I've never noticed before. But then I only found an enthusiasm for slugs recently. And I'm losing it since they started eating my plants. No, I rather like them really. |
13-09-2007, 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Eponaceae  If it's Arion ater.. if you give him/her a gentle (gentle) poke with your finger, he'll crunch up to a surprisingly small hunched shape, with all the strange wrinkles on his back showing. And keep watching.. because then he'll actually start wiggling from side to side. I only found this out very recently and can't believe I've never noticed before. But then I only found an enthusiasm for slugs recently. And I'm losing it since they started eating my plants. No, I rather like them really. | Are they not hermaphrodite? Interesting observation you have made about them not only hunching up but wiggling from side to side. It must be a reaction to put a predator off.
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