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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_41666_20335486.1216081147358 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Andrew, I have seen Limax maximus on Brier Island, I understand it is found in the Halifax area and a colleague of mine told me that she found one in the Sydney area quite a few years ago. Could you comment further on its N.S. distribution? Thanks, Ron 2008/7/14 Andrew Hebda <HEBDAAJ@gov.ns.ca>: > 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 > > -- > > Angela Joudrey > aljoudrey@eastlink.ca > > Life's too short to dance with ugly men. > > > -- Ronald G. Arsenault Memramcook, N.B. ------=_Part_41666_20335486.1216081147358 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Andrew,</div> <div> </div> <div>I have seen Limax maximus on Brier Island, I understand it is found in the Halifax area and a colleague of mine told me that she found one in the Sydney area quite a few years ago. Could you comment further on its N.S. distribution?</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks,</div> <div> </div> <div>Ron <br><br><br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">2008/7/14 Andrew Hebda <HEBDAAJ@gov.ns.ca>:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">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.,<br> <br>Andrew<br><br>A Hebda<br>Nova Scotia Museum.<br><br><br><br>>>> Angela Joudrey <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca> 7/12/2008 8:38 pm >>><br> <div> <div></div> <div class="Wj3C7c">I love all the info that this thread has generated.<br><br>I' ll be sure to pass the info along.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Angela<br><br><br>>Laura was just kind enough to send me a photo of the slug she saw on<br> >Brier Island. I'm as sure as it's possible to be from looking at a<br>>photo that this is Limax maximus, the non-native leopard slug. It is<br>>definitely not a banana slug.<br>><br>>The spots on a banana slug, if it has spots at all, are few, large,<br> >and distributed in no particular pattern. (They resemble the spots<br>>on a dog.) In contrast, the spots on a leopard slug are relatively<br>>small and are arranged so that they cover the entire mantle and are<br> >arrayed in stripes on the foot.<br>><br>>Wild Flora<br><br>--<br><br>Angela Joudrey<br>aljoudrey@eastlink.ca<br><br>Life's too short to dance with ugly men.<br><br> <br></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Ronald G. Arsenault<br>Memramcook, N.B. ------=_Part_41666_20335486.1216081147358--
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