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Post by bookitten on Jul 5, 2005 19:13:09 GMT
is that link for 5 year olds or children? cos its underlined words like 'pest'. very interesting though, didnt put me off one bit ;D pretty weird tho when they were handin' from slime funny too. cant wait. not that im 100% sure gonna find anymore. but a good chance ;D
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Post by Arno on Jul 5, 2005 19:24:28 GMT
......nice link,although you can add a few inches to their length.....
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Post by Birte on Jul 5, 2005 19:51:06 GMT
Some days ago i also saw 2 giant leopard slugs in a nearby wood. i've only once before seen a very small one in my garden. you know, that leopard slugs aren't relatives of the red arion rufus? unfortunaetly i don't know the specific names in english ( and of course my dictionary also doesn't know them, but leopards are called 'schnegel' and the aions 'nacktschnecke' like in the netherlands, naked snail
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Post by bookitten on Jul 5, 2005 19:53:43 GMT
how big were they? are there alot of them in your woods?
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Post by Birte on Jul 5, 2005 19:55:57 GMT
the one i saw was rally fat! when it was fat it was maybe 10 or 15 cm long. but it could strech out much more! it hadn't had these leopard dots on it's skin, but a kind of comb on it's back! i was there with a kindergarten and the kids were really stunned by this snail!
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Post by bookitten on Jul 5, 2005 20:37:29 GMT
wow!
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Post by Kevin on Jul 5, 2005 21:41:39 GMT
Just searched the garden with a torch...Found hundreds of small slugs, mainly garden slugs and brown/red lipped form of Arion Rufus's, collected some of those...Found what I suspect are 3 Helix Pomatia, im unsure though? and a small yellow snail...found one leopard slug, about 2inches long... ;D
Am doing more searches later
edit: I now think their helix aspera, having done a search, still cool snails though
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Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 6, 2005 11:50:21 GMT
Last year we had loads of leopard slugs in our kitchen, which we got rid of for obvious reasons. We still have slugs in our house somewhere (we see the slime in the morning) but I've never seen them to confirm their species. They were about 3in long if I remember correctly. If I find any I'll certainly catch them. Also we had loads of those red slugs at our previous house (it was surrounded on two sides by trees and fields), but have seen none where we currently live, in fact we have very few slugs at all (although my sister counted 100 snails in our garden after yesterdays rains).
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Post by Kevin on Jul 6, 2005 11:57:57 GMT
Last year we had loads of leopard slugs in our kitchen, which we got rid of for obvious reasons. We still have slugs in our house somewhere (we see the slime in the morning) but I've never seen them to confirm their species. They were about 3in long if I remember correctly. If I find any I'll certainly catch them. Also we had loads of those red slugs at our previous house (it was surrounded on two sides by trees and fields), but have seen none where we currently live, in fact we have very few slugs at all (although my sister counted 100 snails in our garden after yesterdays rains). I have a load of huge trees in my garden and its full of large Brown and Black Slugs (about 5inches+) at night, and literaly hundreds of snails, I collected a few yesterday, its also full of a host of different birds all year round, which explains why theres not more slugs Ive had trouble finding the leopards and red form Arion Rufus so far, Im searching again later though, hopefully I'll find some
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Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 6, 2005 12:30:43 GMT
Forgot to mention, the Leopard slugs that were in the kitchen were absolutely crawling in mites. I've never seen as many before or since.
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Post by Kevin on Jul 6, 2005 12:32:49 GMT
Forgot to mention, the Leopard slugs that were in the kitchen were absolutely crawling in mites. I've never seen as many before or since. One of my three is also...covered in the things...Hopefully under semi-sterile conditions they'll die out? Im hoping anyway
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Post by bookitten on Jul 8, 2005 15:41:15 GMT
i HATE mites they're soo creepy! maybe they'l breed?
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Post by Kevin on Jul 8, 2005 15:44:05 GMT
i HATE mites they're soo creepy! maybe they'l breed? what will? the mites?...I hope not Im hoping the mites will die off soon, one of the Leopards hasnt got them, cant tell if the tiny one has, and the other has got them, I havent had any luck finding more Leopard Slugs yet, hopefully i'll find more tonight though
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Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 8, 2005 15:49:59 GMT
Have you tried washing them?
You have to be careful as the mites can walk on water and just run back onto your snail/slug, and you only have a few attempts before the remaining mites all hide in the breathing hole (which the snail/slug will have then closed to stop drowning).
Damn things.
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Post by bookitten on Jul 8, 2005 15:53:11 GMT
I ment the slugs breeding! LOL. can you get pics of the l. slugs?
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Post by Kevin on Jul 8, 2005 15:54:24 GMT
Have you tried washing them? You have to be careful as the mites can walk on water and just run back onto your snail/slug, and you only have a few attempts before the remaining mites all hide in the breathing hole (which the snail/slug will have then closed to stop drowning). d**n things. no, I havent tried washing them....Ive sprayed them with water though, twice daily since finding them I thought submerging them in water may drown, or shock them...I think i'll try washing them now though, thanks! I cant get pics of my ones yet...I'll have a try to see if the camera uploads now though, and if it does I'll take pics of all my snails and slugs and post them, or post links to them as im not 100% how to post pics directly
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Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 8, 2005 16:05:16 GMT
I've washed my garden snails before now, by submerging them. It doesn't seem to affect them, they just retract their eyes whist they are under, they don't try to retract into their shells. Afterward they are very active!
I had to submerge them at one end of a tub of water and move them whilst under and bring them up away from where I submerged them to stop the mites getting back on the snail. They weren't under for more than 5 seconds.
I don't know how a slug will react to this though!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2005 9:46:04 GMT
In my grandma's garden there are leopard slugs under rocks.I found one and I wasnt familiar with the species and I thought it was amazing. it was 15cm long when stretched out. I called him leon and put him in with the fulica
*BAD IDEA*
I noticed these wounds on the fulica, and thought they had scratched themselves on something. But leon was actually eating them. yuck. dont worry the scars have healed and i put leon back
so if you find a leopard slug, dont keep it with anything but leopard slugs. Theyre not hard to keep BTW. they eat big mushrooms and cucumber
kind regards
mike
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Post by bookitten on Jul 9, 2005 9:59:45 GMT
lol. so dont the leopard slugs kill eachother? maybe you could get some leopard slugs from your grandma's house then?
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Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 9, 2005 11:22:51 GMT
It would be a pretty bad evolutionary trait if they went around attacking each other, but attacking other snails/slugs makes some sense as they have to compete for food.
Mebbe leopard slugs are very competitive?
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Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 9, 2005 12:19:12 GMT
Just found this out. If you're wanting to breed leopard slugs read this: The Great Grey Slug (Limax maximus; also known as the Tiger slug or the Spotted leopard slug) is the largest type of keeled slug, noted for its dark-spotted pale-grey body and the short keel on its rear. It can grow to be as long as 20 centimeters and mostly feeds on rotting plant matter and fungi.
The Great Grey Slug is almost always found near human habitation — usually in cellars or in other damp areas. Its mating habits are also considered unusual among slugs — the hermaphrodite slugs court – usually for hours – by circling and licking each other. After this, the slugs will climb into a tree or other high area and then, entwined together, lower themselves on a thick string of mucus and exchange sperm. Both participants will later lay hundreds of eggs.
A Great Grey Slug will live for approximately three years.So err... you'll need a very big tank to breed them methinks. I got it from this Wiki article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Grey_SlugHope this helps.
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Post by Kevin on Jul 9, 2005 12:30:30 GMT
Just found this out. If you're wanting to breed leopard slugs read this: The Great Grey Slug (Limax maximus; also known as the Tiger slug or the Spotted leopard slug) is the largest type of keeled slug, noted for its dark-spotted pale-grey body and the short keel on its rear. It can grow to be as long as 20 centimeters and mostly feeds on rotting plant matter and fungi.
The Great Grey Slug is almost always found near human habitation — usually in cellars or in other damp areas. Its mating habits are also considered unusual among slugs — the hermaphrodite slugs court – usually for hours – by circling and licking each other. After this, the slugs will climb into a tree or other high area and then, entwined together, lower themselves on a thick string of mucus and exchange sperm. Both participants will later lay hundreds of eggs.
A Great Grey Slug will live for approximately three years.So err... you'll need a very big tank to breed them methinks. I got it from this Wiki article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Grey_SlugHope this helps. I linked to similar information earlier in the thread, still good information though, and thanks about the cucumber and mushrooms advice, and not to keep them with anything, I found out their carnivorous, but im suprised that they had a go at GALS, I'll make sure to get mushrooms for them later on also So they need an arboreal set up? Thats certainly unusual for a slug, will make a much more interesting enclosure than the housing their in now though-a small see-through container with pieces of bark, some moss and coco humous substrate... Ive kept certain species of mantids, stick insects and a tailess whipscorpion which appreciates such a set-up so hopefully I still have a tall housing around somewhere?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2005 15:27:21 GMT
in the leopard slug tank i would advise using damp compost, because slugs obviously dry out very easily.
happy slugging
mike
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Post by bookitten on Jul 9, 2005 18:50:56 GMT
so could you get some l. slugs or not from your gran's house?
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Post by Val on Jul 9, 2005 21:24:01 GMT
You could just remove most of the eggs couldn't you?
Val
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