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Pacific banana slug

Ariolimax columbianus

Photo by misako
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Field Notes

Description:

Saw these on the forest ground hiking on the North Trail going towards the Pygmy Forest in Salt Point State Park, CA..

Habitat:

forest ground hiking on the North Trail going towards the Pygmy Forest in Salt Point State Park, CA..

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Ariolimax columbianus (Gould, 1851), Banana slug

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
misako
Safa: they are unusual looking and very common along the northern California Pacific coast. Some of them are bright yellow like a banana.
Safa Anees
Very strange I did not see anything like this before

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Mission
California Coastal Wildlife Watch
Photographed
PublishedAugust 25, 2011

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