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Mayne Wildlife

Land Slugs and Your Garden

What is a slug? It’s a snail with a housing problem! It’s true! A slug is essentially a snail with little to no shell. They are part of a class of molluscs called gastropods (from the Greek for “stomach-foot”), just like nudibranchs and whelks. Land slugs are a well-known slimy encounter in Pacific Northwest forests. As with Read more…

By Joël Lavigueur, 3 yearsJuly 2, 2020 ago
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