They had such beautiful markings and were really quite big, but I would prefer not to have them living in amongst my lettuces, so I moved them out of harms way to the nettle patch. I believe they're green cellar slugs.
Instead of a shell, they have a leathery patch called a mantle shield. The hole in this shield is called the pneumostome and acts as the slug's breathing pore or nostril. Like most slugs, they have two pairs of feelers on their head. One pair detect light, while the lower pair are used for smell or possibly taste.
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| The pneumostome on the right hand side of the mantle |
Yay! Beautiful slugs! :)
ReplyDeleteThese are beauties!!! and you'd have been better leaving them near your plants as they will eat those other plant-eating slugs but will not usually eat live plants...we have them living in our garden (only a minority compared to the Leopard Slugs or which we have an enormous colony) & the odd Yellow Cellar Slug...they're like hoovers, they go around sucking up all the dead stuff, leaves etc...plus I chuck sliced mushrooms down for them...they will try to hide in earth in pots, so the worst would be them squashing smaller plants I guess...the frogs don't seem to touch them (based on numbers) & they're not bothered about sleeping in the open, so presume birds draw the line at their rubbery, sticky bodies lol...
ReplyDeleteNice to see slugs getting some airtime for a change! :D