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Carolina Mantleslug

Limax maximus

Photo by cobalttoad
Published on Project Noah
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35.9691, -84.4492

Field Notes

Description:

About 4” Slimy, and spotted.

Habitat:

Wet day

Species ID Suggestions

Carolina Mantleslug

Philomycus carolinianus

Reference Link
ForestDragon
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Comments (4)
ForestDragon
It's hard to find a good reference online. I believe you have found a nice native species of slug! If you compare your slug to the images here, you should be able to see the differences: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limax_maximus
Deny
Lovely spotting
Photographed
PublishedAugust 25, 2020

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