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25-08-2011, 07:33 AM
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| | | ID : Ridgebacked Slug Species.
Hello,
I have attached two images of a large 'ridge backed' slug species found at Whiddon Deer Park on the northern side of Dartmoor at the weekend. Is anyone able to offer any idea as to what species it could be?
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25-08-2011, 07:49 AM
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| | | Re: ID : Ridgebacked Slug Species.
I think you might have seen the Great Grey Slug - Limax maximus.
The body stripes remind me of the Banded Slug but as I'm not familiar with either species, your description seems to fit the former.
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25-08-2011, 08:10 AM
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| | | Re: ID : Ridgebacked Slug Species.
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Originally Posted by Andrew C  Hello,
I have attached two images of a large 'ridge backed' slug species found at Whiddon Deer Park on the northern side of Dartmoor at the weekend. Is anyone able to offer any idea as to what species it could be?
Regards,
Andrew. | It looks like the grey slugs I get here in my garden interestingly I saw two of these beauties converge on a smaller brown slug and commence to eating it,
right outside my front door last night. Limax maximus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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25-08-2011, 08:39 AM
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| | | Re: ID : Ridgebacked Slug Species.
Thanks for the two suggestions. I have remembered more detail on this one. I found this by turning over a large dried deer/cow pat. I am not sure if this will have any bearing on it's ID as slugs will hide under pretty much anything won't they?
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25-08-2011, 01:03 PM
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| | | Re: ID : Ridgebacked Slug Species.
Mine live under the front door step and the huge ones in the big compost bin
They really get very large, quite beautiful for a mere slug
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