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Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Giant Slug</FONT></SPAN><SP --089e01176793ff6bfd05390db8cf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi Lance, You have the correct year. 2006 was the first year we saw these slugs on Brier. Cheers, Ron On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 11:35 PM, Lance Laviolette <corvuscorax@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi John and Andrew, > > They have been on Brier Island for many of years. Unfortunately I don't > have the exact year I first encountered them around The Brier Island Lodge but > I do have a photograph of one taken at Northern Point September 5, 2006. > Since that time we have encountered them every year at Northern Point. > The will consume an entire, fully grown* Amanita Muscaria* in a single > night (stipe and all) leaving a hole in the moss with slime trails > leading into and out of it. > > All the best, > > Lance > > Lance Laviolette > > Glen Robertson, Ontario > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca > <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>] On Behalf Of Hebda, Andrew J > Sent: August-01-16 5:22 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Giant Slug > > It was introduced to Halifax in the late 930s, but was restricted to the S > end of town until about 10 years back, when it appears to have been moved > around with bedding plants.. > > That is the first reports from Brier Island. > > Have reports from Wolfville, New Glasgow and Sydney (as well as a handful > throughout HRM. > > Has anyone else encountered them? > > Andrew > > ________________________________________ > > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on > behalf of John Kearney [john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca] > > Sent: August-01-16 6:09 PM > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Subject: [NatureNS] Giant Slug > > Hi all, > > I found what I believed to be a Giant Slug, Limax maximus, on the Northern > Point of Brier Island today. I have never seen this species in Nova Scotia > before today. Does anyone know its status in the Province? > > I posted a photo at > https://www.flickr.com/photos/92521211@N05/28706383465/in/dateposted-public/ > . > > It was about 15-20 cm in length before it started to curl up when I was > taking the photo. > > Thank you, > > John > -- Ronald G. Arsenault Halifax, Nova Scotia --089e01176793ff6bfd05390db8cf Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:large">Hi = Lance,</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:large"><br></di= v><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:large">You have the corre= ct year. =C2=A02006 was the first year we saw these slugs on Brier.</div><d= iv class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:large"><br></div><div class= =3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:large">Cheers,</div><div class=3D"gma= il_default" style=3D"font-size:large"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default= " style=3D"font-size:large">Ron</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><= div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 11:35 PM, Lance Laviolette= <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:corvuscorax@sympatico.ca" target= =3D"_blank">corvuscorax@sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote c= lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;= padding-left:1ex"><u></u> <div> <p dir=3D"LTR"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">Hi John and And= rew,</font></span></p> <p dir=3D"LTR"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">They have been = on Brier Island for</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"> <font face=3D"Consol= as">many</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"> of year= s.</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"> <font face=3D"Consolas">Unfortunately= I don't have the</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"> <font face=3D"Cons= olas">exact</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"> <font face=3D"Consolas">year= I first encountered them around The Brier Island Lodge</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"></font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"> = <font face=3D"Consolas">but I do have a photograph of one taken at Northern= P</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">o</font></span= ><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">int September 5, 2006</font><= /span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">. Since that time</font>= </span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"></font></span><span lan= g=3D"en-ca"> <font face=3D"Consolas">we</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"> = <font face=3D"Consolas">have</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"> <font face= =3D"Consolas">encounter</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Con= solas">ed</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"> them</= font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"> <font face=3D"Consolas">every year</font>= </span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"> at Northern Point. The= will consume an entire</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Con= solas">, fully grown</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consol= as"></font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><i> <font face=3D"Consolas">Amanita = Muscaria</font></i></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"> in = a single night (stipe and all)</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face= =3D"Consolas"> leaving a hole in the moss with slime trails leading into an= d out of it</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">.</fo= nt></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"></span></p> <p dir=3D"LTR"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">All the best,</= font></span></p> <p dir=3D"LTR"><span lang=3D"en-ca"></span></p> <p dir=3D"LTR"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">Lance</font></s= pan><span lang=3D"en-ca"></span></p> <p dir=3D"LTR"><span lang=3D"en-ca"&g