[NatureNS] Seeking ID / Info on Huge Slug

Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:38:27 -0300
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Slugs come and slugs go, so there is always a possibility of new species being introduced....  so, if you encounter one, let us know and Derek Davis would be pleased to examine it and offer his insight.,

Andrew

A Hebda
Nova Scotia Museum.



>>> Angela Joudrey <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca> 7/12/2008 8:38 pm >>>
I love all the info that this thread has generated.

I' ll be sure to pass the info along.

Thanks,

Angela


>Laura was just kind enough to send me a photo of the slug she saw on 
>Brier Island. I'm as sure as it's possible to be from looking at a 
>photo that this is Limax maximus, the non-native leopard slug. It is 
>definitely not a banana slug.
>
>The spots on a banana slug, if it has spots at all, are few, large, 
>and distributed in no particular pattern. (They resemble the spots 
>on a dog.) In contrast, the spots on a leopard slug are relatively 
>small and are arranged so that they cover the entire mantle and are 
>arrayed in stripes on the foot.
>
>Wild Flora

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Angela Joudrey
aljoudrey@eastlink.ca 

Life's too short to dance with ugly men.


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