100 More Species #17: Dusky slug

[urbpan]

Dusky slug, Arion subfuscus

The dusky slug is a common garden mollusk native to Europe now common across most of northeastern North America. This one is making short work of the oyster mushrooms on the stump in the front yard.

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[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

They love my marigolds too. Wonder if they're what ate my sunflower seedlings?

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

i need to remember if these are all edibles.

the slugs i mean... :) you know, in case one desires "sea food" :>

also, a good way to get rid of garden pests.

salamanders and newts are a no no, but i never remember if anything other than banana slugs are okay (and we don't have those)

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[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Let me know if you find out! I joked with a friend that slug eggs were "Framingham caviar."

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

"poor man's peaches" are apparently. best in soup :)

some of the leopard slugs i've seen in the city - they're ginormous.

http://www.eattheweeds.com/are-slugs-edible-what-about-snails-2/

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[deathling.livejournal.com]

All this time I thought those were Banana slugs!

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Banana slugs are strictly west coast!

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

alas!

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