Slug Identification.

Biodegradable Bellend

Would be grateful for any help.

This slug is in my compost heap. About 5-6cms. I tried a couple of websites but am none the wiser. In the Northwest.

Thanks in advance.

CJhaughey

Looks like a leopard slug, Limax maximus.

Biodegradable Bellend

Much appreciated. Someone else who looked at agrees with you.

CJhaughey

Interesting slugs, they predate on other slugs and snails.

Biodegradable Bellend

CJhaughey wrote: »

Interesting slugs, they predate on other slugs and snails.

It won't go hungry in my garden then.

Cork boy 55

CJhaughey wrote: »

Interesting slugs, they predate on other slugs and snails.

Do you mean they kill and eat other slugs?
I never knew that?

I have noticed that after I kill slugs in the garden(to protect my crop) and leave their bodies there that within a short space of time(on a damp evening) they attract other slugs to feed on their bodies?

It looks to me that the favorite food of slugs/snails is the bodies of other dead slugs/snails.

BTW it's a great way to cull your slug population by using dead slugs as bait

Condatis

I saw a slug in my garden measuring 11 cm. Is that unusual?

Condatis

Here's that beastie:

https://webmailbox100.eircom.net/service/home/~/?auth=co&id=135303&part=2.2

It was 11 cm. in length.

I spotted on the outside of a patio door, so I was able to take an accurate measurement through the glass using a tape measure.

CJhaughey

Condatis wrote: »

Here's that beastie:

https://webmailbox100.eircom.net/service/home/~/?auth=co&id=135303&part=2.2

It was 11 cm. in length.

I spotted on the outside of a patio door, so I was able to take an accurate measurement through the glass using a tape measure.

Link doesn't work for me, I get a 403 error.

oldfart

ye definitely leopard slug they grow really big!! maybe even the biggest in Ire are they?