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--Apple-Mail-15--37427297 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Nancy, I'm going out on a limb and guessing that your mushroom here (the meal for the slug) is a Russula species, and maybe Nancy Nickerson or someone else can agree or disagree and even guess about the species? Cheers from Jim Begin forwarded message: > From: nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> > Date: July 9, 2013 3:35:58 PM ADT > To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] slugs and slug invaders in NS > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > This slug feeding on a mushroom that sprouted overnight Monday > http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9250446854/ made me think > of the invasive slugs that terrorize the gardeners of southern BC. > > I remember flicking the big European Black Slugs (Arion ater) out > of my uncle's Vancouver Island veg garden with hockey sticks every > evening. And then there were the even larger European Giant Garden > Slugs/Banana Slugs (Limax maximus) too. > > Weren't these hefty slugs being reported in HRM some years back? > What is their status in NS now? It is hard to imagine that they > would not have made it to our province with all of the movement of > garden plants across the country. > > Nancy --Apple-Mail-15--37427297 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Nancy, I'm going out on a limb and guessing that your mushroom here (the = meal for the slug) is a Russula species, and maybe Nancy Nickerson or = someone else can agree or disagree and even guess about the species? = Cheers from Jim<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">nancy dowd <<a = href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>></font></= div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">July 9, 2013 3:35:58 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">naturens <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] slugs and slug invaders = in NS</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>This slug feeding on a mushroom that sprouted = overnight Monday <a = href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9250446854/">http://www.= flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9250446854/</a> made me think of the = invasive slugs that terrorize the gardeners of southern BC.<br> = <br></div>I remember flicking the big European Black Slugs (Arion ater) = out of my uncle's Vancouver Island veg garden with hockey sticks every = evening. And then there were the even larger European Giant Garden = Slugs/Banana Slugs (Limax maximus) too.<br> <br></div>Weren't these = hefty slugs being reported in HRM some years back? What is their status = in NS now? It is hard to imagine that they would not have made it to our = province with all of the movement of garden plants across the = country.<br> = <br></div>Nancy<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-15--37427297--
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