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Slug<o:p></o:p></span></p ------=_Part_30771_12929600.1215900136837 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hello, During our annual pilgrimage to Brier Island in 2006, Virginia Tudor and he= r staff at Brier Island Lodge told us about "huge slugs" they had been seeing around the Lodge. These turned out to be "Limax maximus" , the Great Gray Slug or Leopard Slug. We collected specimens which were given to the Nova Scotia Museum (Andrew Hebda). D. S. Davis (1992: Terrestrial Mollusca of Nova Scotia, Proc. Ninth Int. Malac Congress: 125-133) lists 62 species reported from Nova Scotia: 37 Nearctic, 10 Holarctic and 15 introduced Palaearctic. This total includes three Nearctic species that have not been confirmed by recen= t investigations and three introduced species which did not become established. I have no idea of any changes to the list since the publication of the paper. There is no Ariolimax sp (Banana Slug) on the list. Ron Arsenault Memramcook, N.B. 2008/7/12 Wild Flora <herself@wildflora.com>: > This certainly sounds like (another) description of a banana slug. > Possibly they are being transported in mulch from the Pacific Northwest? = If > Laura would care to send me the picture of the slug she found in her gard= en, > I probably will be able to tell whether it's a banana slug. The markings = are > quite different from those of the leopard slug. > > > > Wild Flora > > > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto: > naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] *On Behalf Of *D W Bridgehouse > *Sent:* Saturday, July 12, 2008 4:04 PM > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject:* RE: [NatureNS] Seeking ID / Info on Huge Slug > > > > Hi Patricia et al =96 we recently ( 2 weeks ago ) re-mulched our gardens = .( I > do not know if the mulch was provincial mulch or imported from another > province) Anyways my wife was in the garden about 3 nites ago and called = me > over to look at this "critter" in the garden sliming its way over the top= of > the mulch. Her first inclination was that it was a snake because it was s= o > big and I had to re-assure her it was harmless and a "slug" of sorts > .However it was the largest slug I have ever seen . It was approx 6- 7 = in > in length, dark gray in color and did have "spots" but not alot of them > .But what caught my attention too was how thick the body was (thicker tha= n a > good Cuban cigar) which made it look quite snake =96like. > > > > Bigger than the average garden slug > > > > Cheers , DB > > > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto: > naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] *On Behalf Of *P.L. Chalmers > *Sent:* July-12-08 11:59 AM > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Seeking ID / Info on Huge Slug > > > > Hi Laura, > > > I'm surprised to hear these giant slugs are on Brier Island. As > Wild Flora says, these are probably "*Limax Maximus"* , sometimes called > the the Great Gray Garden Slug or Leopard Slug or Cigar Slug. > > These are common in certain areas of peninsular Halifax, and were= I > think first reported in the North End. I started finding them in my cent= ral > Halifax garden a few years ago. I didn't think they had spread much from > here. Of course such things get spread around by sales or gifts of garde= n > plants. > > I have read that there are nine species of slugs in Nova *Scotia, > *and that six of those are alien "imports". > > Cheers, > > Patricia L. Chalmers > Halifax > > At 01:49 PM 11/07/2008, Laura Tituswrote: > > Last evening I came upon what I first thought was a small snake but upo= n > nearing it I realized it was a slug. The lengthy creature was slowly movi= ng > towards some grass at the edge of the pavement on Second Street on Brier > Island. It was 8 or 9 inches long and full of brownish coloured spots / > pattern similar to marks one may associate with a snake. It's antennae we= re > out. I'd never seen such a slug before, nor had the people with me. I did > take a picture, which I can provide if requested. > > > > Laura Titus > > Westport, Brier Island > --=20 Ronald G. Arsenault Memramcook, N.B. ------=_Part_30771_12929600.1215900136837 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline <div>Hello,</div> <div> </div> <div>During our annual pilgrimage to Brier Island in 2006, Virginia Tudor a= nd her staff at Brier Island Lodge told us about "huge slugs" the= y had been seeing around the Lodge. These turned out to be "Lima= x maximus" , the Great Gray Slug or Leopard Slug. We collect= ed specimens which were given to the Nova Scotia Museum (Andrew Hebda)= .</div> <div> </div> <div>D. S. Davis (1992: Terrestrial Mollusca of Nova Scotia, Proc. Ninth In= t. Malac Congress: 125-133) lists 62 species reported from Nova Scotia:&nbs= p; 37 Nearctic, 10 Holarctic and 15 introduced Palaearctic. This= total includes three Nearctic species that have not been confirm= ed by recent investigations and three introduced species which did not beco= me established. I have no idea of any changes to the list since the p= ublication of the paper.</div> <div> </div> <div>There is no Ariolimax sp (Banana Slug) on the list.</div> <div> </div> <div>Ron Arsenault</div> <div>Memramcook, N.B. <br><br></div> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">2008/7/12 Wild Flora <<a href=3D"mailto:herse= lf@wildflora.com">herself@wildflora.com</a>>:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0= px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div lang=3D"EN-US" vlink=3D"purple" link=3D"blue"> <div> <p><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">This certainly sounds li= ke (another) description of a banana slug. Possibly they are being transpor= ted in mulch from the Pacific Northwest? If Laura would care to send me the= picture of the slug she found in her garden, I probably will be able to te= ll whether it's a banana slug. The markings are quite different from those = of the leopard slug.</span></p> <p><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"> </span></p> <p><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR