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Post by vallery on Feb 10, 2013 5:25:35 GMT
I am hoping someone will Identify my slugs. I can only post one picture at a time so this one will be Photo 1. Attachments:
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Post by vallery on Feb 10, 2013 5:27:34 GMT
This is a dark slug in comparison to a light slug. The dark slug in this photo has a yellow foot. Photo 2. Attachments:
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Post by vallery on Feb 10, 2013 5:28:50 GMT
This one is another dark slug in comparison to a light one but it has a white foot. Photo 3. Attachments:
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Post by vallery on Feb 10, 2013 5:31:17 GMT
These little guys hatched from some eggs that I found under a patio stone in January. The eggs were the size of leopard slugs - Limax maximus. Photo 4 Attachments:
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Post by malacophile on Feb 10, 2013 6:34:13 GMT
The light ones ones in the first and second pictures are either Arion subfuscus or Arion hortensis. The dark one is definitely A. hortensis. As for the ones in the last pic, I have no idea what they are. They look like some weird mutation of Lehmannia valentiana, but they may very well be Limax maximus. I've never seen an L. maximus as a baby.  |
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Post by vallery on Feb 10, 2013 11:19:43 GMT
Hi malacophile  , Thank You for your help. Here are some of my leopard slug babies to show you what they look like. The picture of the babies on the bark on this thread, from the eggs I found under the patio stone are about one half the size of my leopard babies maybe just a little smaller. vallery Attachments:
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Post by malacophile on Feb 10, 2013 16:51:06 GMT
I think that those little hatchlings you found are most likely Lehmannia nyctelia, also called Limax nyctelius, the false tree slug.
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Post by vallery on Feb 11, 2013 21:45:15 GMT
Thank You malacophile , I tried searching for images and info on Lehmannia nyctelia also called Limax nyctelius, the false tree slug but had a difficult time. Do you know anything about this species you may be able to share with me? I tried to take a better picture of a single baby I hope it is more visible. vallery Attachments:
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Post by malacophile on Feb 12, 2013 3:09:16 GMT
I've had about as much luck as you have. There just doesn't seem to be much out there about these guys.  |
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Post by vallery on Feb 15, 2013 0:30:02 GMT
Thank You for trying malacophile . Hopefully someone else will check out this thread and have some answers. Vallery |
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Post by vallery on Feb 18, 2013 12:45:50 GMT
The last slug picture I posted of unidentified slugs, the babies have grow and are showing more marks and they are definitely baby leopards. Its interesting to see the difference in when they were first born and how their markings have changed so much. Also how fast they grow. vallery Attachments:
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Post by malacophile on Feb 19, 2013 5:23:07 GMT
Yeah, you can definitely see the leopard in them now. Is is just me, or do baby slugs put on bulk as a staggering rate?
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Post by vallery on Feb 19, 2013 14:39:34 GMT
I don't know malacophile . Maybe in captivity. Mine seem to be growing at an alarming rate. I am going to wait a while then put them in my larger leopard tank. vallery |
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