Slugs in pond?

[JRsbugs]

It seems we do not have any freshwater slugs in England!

So what are these in my pond? Seen on 8th April, two of them on the liner sunning themselves. 18-20mm. They appear to have blind eyes.

Janet

[tom00_uk]

terrestrial slug thats fallen in

[nightshade]

I watched a 2" long slug in my pond expecting the fish to take it, but a couple of days later it had a cocoon of white filaments around it and there it remained for a long time

[JRsbugs]

Lol, thanks for the thoughts tom, I had wondered that too but there was two near each other obviously enjoying the sun. If they had fallen in they surely wouldn't be lounging on the liner? They have a residual shell which some slugs have from when they were snails apparently.

[JRsbugs]

Originally Posted by nightshade

I watched a 2" long slug in my pond expecting the fish to take it, but a couple of days later it had a cocoon of white filaments around it and there it remained for a long time

Was yours a land slug which had fallen in? I wonder if the filaments were some sort of parasite, or fungus, or...