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13-04-2009, 05:25 PM
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Ooh, a leopard slug - nice one J. P.!
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15-04-2009, 07:21 PM
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Gess this one is pretending to be not a slug. (how many species are we looking for).
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15-04-2009, 07:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Acutipuerilis  Haven't a clue on the slug, but can I claim the bonus point for the springtail Isotoma viridis, please?  | Our posts must have crossed yesterday as I didn't spot this. Yes, bonus point duly awarded and thanks very much! Quote:
Originally Posted by CapAndBracket
Gess this one is pretending to be not a slug. | Looks like the reincarnation of Theodore Roosevelt - "Speak softly and carry a big stick"! Quote:
Originally Posted by CapAndBracket (how many species are we looking for) | All of 'em!
To be honest J.P. I have no idea as I don't know how many there are. I had a quick look in my garden this morning as we had a lot of rain overnight and that usually brings them out but couldn't find any. The hedgehogs must be doing their job.
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15-04-2009, 08:00 PM
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All of 'em!
Oh, this could be a long thread, now you've got me taking notice of them i
realise they sure vary, pick up sticks is taking on a new dimension.
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07-06-2009, 11:15 PM
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I can't believe that this thread hasn't caught up with "bird of the day" yet!
I'm back to the slug I started with, good old Arion ater... 
Just a baby one, under an inch long, and very lucky not to get trodden on. He was a whisker away from someone's shoe when I first spotted him.
There were a few brown-lipped snails down at Crossness this morning too. The rain brought them all out... 
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01-08-2009, 09:21 PM
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Arion ater again today at Thursley Common... 
He was crossing one of the sandy paths which I would have thought was rather uncomfortable for him.
For some reason I got some very funny looks from the couple who passed me while I was lying full stretch on the ground taking this photo. It was almost as if they'd never seen anyone photographing slugs before!
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01-08-2009, 09:42 PM
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This black beauty was about 5ft up in my everlasting pea:  |
01-08-2009, 09:57 PM
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Here is one from Loch lomond not exactly from today but I was not near a computer on that day.. 
He was on the west highland way.....
wonder how far he got..  |
02-08-2009, 06:43 PM
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I never kill slugs or snails. I quite often put food out for hedehogs and on this night the hedgehog didn't turn up so the slugs had a party with a snail as guest of honour. http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ar...slug_party.jpg |
02-08-2009, 09:31 PM
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I took this in my garden ,it looks really gruesome to me.I thought the Large Black Slugs ate decaying vegetation ,I'm not complaining because those little white ones are everywhere in my garden.  | | | |
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