Cystopelta astra

1 Snowy Mountains Humpback Slug at Downer, ACT

Cystopelta astra at Downer, ACT - 11 Jun 2021
Cystopelta astra at Downer, ACT - 11 Jun 2021
Cystopelta astra at Downer, ACT - 11 Jun 2021
Cystopelta astra at Downer, ACT - 11 Jun 2021
Cystopelta astra at Downer, ACT - 11 Jun 2021
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Cystopelta astra 12 Jun 2021 Michael123
Cystopelta sp. (genus) 12 Jun 2021 TimL

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This is a follow-up to previous sighting 4384351 which shows the painfully slow escape of a slug away from the camera. It very slowly peeled away from the underside of the branch until it ended up hanging from a slimy thread. The thread eventually stretched sufficiently to break, depositing the slug in the undergrowth.

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Michael123 wrote:
   12 Jun 2021
some snails and slugs can descend to the ground from branches on mucal threads

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