Cystopelta astra
1 Snowy Mountains Humpback Slug at Downer, ACT
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| Cystopelta astra | Michael123 | 12 Jun 2021 | |
| Cystopelta sp. (genus) | TimL | 12 Jun 2021 |
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User's notes
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.
1 comment
12 Jun 2021
some snails and slugs can descend to the ground from branches on mucal threads
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108078-35.273888
- Altitude 616.1m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Downer, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Jun 2021 11:52 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
Collections
- Other Invertebrates Molluscs (Mollusca) Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cystopelta astra
Species information
- Cystopelta astra Scientific name
- Snowy Mountains Humpback Slug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1249.15m Recorded at altitude
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6 / 7
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