Deroceras reticulatum
3 Grey Field Slug at Evatt, ACT
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| Deroceras reticulatum | MichaelMulvaney | 13 May 2021 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 13 May 2021 |
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User's notes
The images show what appears to be a slug attacking a worm, with a Flatworm in attendance. The final image shows a chunk taken out of the worm by the slug. Closer inspection of the sequence of images also shows White Slug Mites on the slug and the Flatworm and Globular Springtails on the pavers around the periphery of the scene. Thanks to Marcus Leach for help with this sighting.
2 comments
13 May 2021
Aweb search indicates that the introduced Grey Field Slug is an omnivore and that earthworms are amongst its diet, though it mainly feeds on decaying vegetation
Location information
- Coordinates 149.063948-35.212977
- Altitude 549.9m
- Places Evatt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 May 2021 07:38 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
Collections
- TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Deroceras reticulatum Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda) Molluscs (Mollusca) Other Invertebrates
Species information
- Deroceras reticulatum Scientific name
- Grey Field Slug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 803m Recorded at altitude
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6 / 7
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