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leopard slug

Limax maximus

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Field Notes

Notes:

Per wiki - When alarmed, or at rest, this slug merely draws its head within the shield, but does not otherwise contract its body. When irritated, it is said to expand its shield.[9]

The homing faculty is strongly developed in this species, which, after its nocturnal rambles or foraging expeditions, usually returns to the particular crevice or chink in which it has established itself.
Can live 3 years.

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Limax maximus

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