Limax maximus - Wikipedia
Limax maximus (literally, "biggest slug"), known by the common names great grey slug and leopard slug, is a species of slug in the family Limacidae, the keeled slugs. [4] It is among the …
11 Types of Slugs (With Pictures & Facts) - Wildlife Informer
Let’s take a look at some of the slugs that live on the continent and explore some of their traits in this article. 1. Gray field slug. Scientific Name: Deroceras reticulatum. The gray field slug is a …
Slug - Wikipedia
A slug retracts its head and contracts its body after being touched The alarm response posture of the Kerry slug, which is found only in this species. When attacked, slugs can contract their …
Arionidae - Wikipedia
Arionidae, common name the "roundback slugs" or "round back slugs" are a taxonomic family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea.
Terrestrial Snails and Slugs - Molluscs
What keel back slugs cannot do, but round back slugs characteristically can, is to roll their body to a ball to protect it. To do so, the slug first contracts the body to form a hunchback and then …
Common Species | College of Agricultural Sciences - Oregon State …
Arion circumscriptus (family Arionidae), is a round back slug. It can be gray or brown colored. Arion circumscriptus, the brown-banded slug or white-soled slug. It is becoming more common …
Slug Parts | College of Agricultural Sciences - Oregon State …
The slug’s mouth, called a radula, has a species-specific arrangement of “special teeth” used for grinding up their food; The pneumostome is a breathing pore or respiratory opening found on …
How to identify slugs and snails - Discover Wildlife
Growing up to 6cm, the worm slug is light greyish or brownish and slender; worm-like. The head is tapered and the slug’s underside is a light yellow. They have a short lifespan, dying soon after …
The above Lusitanian Slug, Arion vulgaris, is a large round-back slug, which does not have a keel down the middle of its back. The mantle, the oval flap of skin at the front behind the head, is …
European red slug | College of Agricultural Sciences
The European red slug, Arion rufus L, is common to sites in the Pacific Northwest. It can be distinguished from other slugs by the placement of the respiratory pore (the round hole on the …