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Limacus flavus

2 Yellow Cellar Slug at Isaacs, ACT

Limacus flavus at Isaacs, ACT - 13 Dec 2019 10:06 AM
Limacus flavus at Isaacs, ACT - 13 Dec 2019 10:06 AM
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Limacus flavus trevorpreston 15 Dec 2020
Limacus flavus trevorpreston 14 Dec 2020
Lehmannia flava trevorpreston 10 Dec 2020
Gastropoda sp. (class) MichaelBedingfield 13 Feb 2020
Gastropoda sp. (class) MichaelBedingfield 19 Jan 2020
Limax maximus galah681 18 Jan 2020

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These slugs get into my worm farm. Are they carnivorous?

4 comments

MichaelBedingfield
   19 Jan 2020
The colour of this specimen is not typical of Limax maximus.
trevorpreston
   10 Dec 2020
How large are these slugs? What colour mucus do they secrete when poked with something pointy? I think this may be Lehmannia flava (Great Yellow Slug). If it has yellow mucus if
poked with a pointy object then Its Lehmannia flava. If its secretes milky white mucus then it may be Deroceras reticulatum (Reticulated slug), but it looks more like the former.
https://grdc.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0034/198916/grdcbpgslug.pdf.pdf
galah681
   12 Dec 2020
The slugs can be up to 10cm long. I couldn't find one to poke it but the ones I turned out of the worm farm were yellow on their undersides. The Great yellow slug would seem to be a likely id.
trevorpreston
   14 Dec 2020
Ive re-submitted species as Limacus flavus. Same slug, but Australian Land Snails Volume 1 by Stanisic lists it under Limacus instead of Lehmannia, so Im going with the Aussie expert.

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  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 13 Dec 2019 10:06 AM Recorded on
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