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Topic Started: Jun 17 2014, 09:25 AM (337 Views)
stargatedalek
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!

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found 2 of these things walking to school
mahogany brown with back spots, and about 5-7 inches long
at least 8-10 times the size of any slug I've ever seen north of the border
considering contacting the provincial natural history museum avout this, could be signs of a spreading invasive
Edited by stargatedalek, Jun 17 2014, 09:32 AM.
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HENDRIX
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-retired-

I'd say: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limax_maximus#Nonindigenous_distribution

They're really common here and have apparently been introduced in many places ;) They can get at least twice as big here, but that's probably coz it's warmer.
Edited by HENDRIX, Jun 17 2014, 09:32 AM.
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stargatedalek
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!

That certainly seems lik it, thanks ;)
I'll be sure to contact the museum, since it does seem they are new arrival here, at least locally
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Small critters can easily go unnoticed.
I've seen them too (weird since Italy isn't in that list), but not very often.
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stargatedalek
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!

I used to spend hours on end looking at microfauna
so they must have only shown up locally within the last few years
Provence wide I can't say

nor do I recall having seen them on any invasives lists
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