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Yellow Garden Slug

Yellow Garden Slug

Photo by HemaShah
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Field Notes

Description:

olive grey with yellowish spots or is it mottled? Bluish antenna,large,nocturnal. Seen for the first time . Looks like a non native from UK. The yellow slug from UK.

Habitat:

garden

Reference Links:

Slug Identification - Photo Gallery

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (8)
HemaShah
Thnx for the feedback.Agricultural pest?
ForestDragon
http://www.tsusinvasives.org/database/yellow-slug.html I agree it looks like Limacus flavus.
ulvalactuca77
I agree Hema, looks a LOT like Limacus flavus or Limax flavus. Possibly invasive? If so, good to record.
HemaShah
Is the " pneumostome " anterior or posterior to the midpoint of the mantle?
HemaShah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumostome
HemaShah
Other families have a pneumostome too?
QWMom
Kind of looks like some kind of banana slug, Hema :) There are some big native slugs on the west coast. That spot on the side of the mantle looks kind of like a pneumostome to me. ??? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_slug
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PublishedJune 30, 2014

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