Slug Watch

An interactive resource to aid with identification and knowledge of UK slugs.

[JohnInnesEntomology @JICEntomology]

We have babies!
This morning we discovered that one of our Spanish slugs has laid an egg cluster... @SlugWatch @JohnInnesCentre

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@KennyAllen18 @nickw7coc @barrabest @WeatherCee Looks like a very pale Arionid. Probably A. rufus.

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@sluggwatch @slug_watch Hey 😀

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@Dr_Jono Leopard Slug, Limax maximus. A good slug to have around in the garden.

[Jake Stone @_JakeStone_]

A strange looking uniformly charcoal Milacid slug that I found has been provisionally identified as Tandonia retowskii by Dr Ben Rowson. A species normally associated with the Crimean region. This is the first record of it in the UK. @CardiffCurator @banhamzoo #Newtotheuk 😀🥇

[Slug Watch @SlugWatch]

@SuColeman Hi Suzanne, It is hard to say from this image. It looks to be a juvenile and could be one of a number of arion species.

[Slug Watch @SlugWatch]

@kavarley The Green Cellar Slug, Limacus maculatus. 😀

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@goldenwagtail No this is a Green Cellar Slug, Limacus maculatus. 😀

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🐌🐌🐌🐌 https://t.co/0AgMusWu7F

[Jake Stone @_JakeStone_]

New species record for Norfolk. Paralaoma servilis. Confirmed by Dr Ben Rowson @Museum_Cardiff 🧐🥇😀#newfornorfolk

[Slug Watch @SlugWatch]

@FalmouthNature I think they will just be eating the flower itself.

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@Fritillery Sorry for the late reply. This appears to be Limacus maculatus (the green cellar slug).

[Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson]

"Insect Armageddon" deniers might be interested in this: data from Alan Creaser, moth-trapping in his Cheshire garden since 1965.

[Atlas Obscura @atlasobscura]

Marine biologists discovered three new sea slug species. In honor of the former president's work to preserve marine habitat, they named one P. barackobamai https://t.co/YYCHhtVCEU

[Slug Watch @SlugWatch]

@Laura1976Taylor Yes it is. This one has a particularly fetching pattern.

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NEW COUNTY RECORD. https://t.co/uMEJmShaFE

[Jake Stone @_JakeStone_]

New species record for Norfolk. Ambigolimax/Lehmannia nyctelius. Confirmed identification via genitalia dissection by Dr John Hutchinson. @Senckenberg🧐🥇😀#newfornorfolk

[Slug Watch @SlugWatch]

Nice! https://t.co/eIncta1U9S

[Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen]

First case of sexual colour dimorphism in land snails -- like in birds, it's down to polyenes. But the thing is, land snails are supposedly colour blind. https://t.co/7fR9mmwiBZ

[Mammal Society @Mammal_Society]

Hedgehogs need your help! Fill in our 2017 Hedgehog Watch Project survey and contribute to vital research. https://t.co/iStZBw1YfB

[Slug Watch @SlugWatch]

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[Nick Volpe @nvolpewild]

White Tree Snail (Noctepuna cerea), little gems of the Daintree rainforest !

[Atlas Obscura @atlasobscura]

Scientists found that Sicilian sea slugs like to hunt hydroids that have recently had a meal of their own https://t.co/aHcc79PnqA