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Grey garden slug

Deroceras reticulatum

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Field Notes

Notes:

Maybe a 1/2 inch in length.

Reference Links:

Deroceras reticulatum, http://nysipm.cornell.edu/factsheets/fieldcrops/gg_slug.pdf

Species ID Suggestions

Gray garden slug

Deroceras reticulatum

Reference Link
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Comments (3)
DavidMroczkowski
Thanks, Apple. I'm assuming that they were introduced to Rock Island as well. The man who own the island in the 1920s to 1940s had a cultivated Japanese garden. It is highly likely they were either introduced then or even earlier.
Apple
The wiki sites say they are not documented in North America outside of Michigan but I found a resource from Cornell that talks all about how they were introduced in N. America in the 1800's. See site: http://nysipm.cornell.edu/factsheets/fieldcrops/gg_slug.pdf

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Rock Island State Park
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2012

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