Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Leopard slug

Limax maximus

Description:

The snail is colored with dark dots and streaks on the body. It can be up to 20 cm long.

Habitat:

In the forest under a rotten tree stump

Notes:

Norwegian name: Boakjølsnegl

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

2 Comments

arne.roysland
arne.roysland 3 years ago

Thank you Neil. I was looking for woodlouse and millipede. Then I found out that some of them is hiding in gaps in rotten tree stumps. Perhaps this is the way they survive the winter.

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 3 years ago

Cool spotting, Arne. I haven't seen a leopard slug in years. They are quite beautiful up close.

arne.roysland
Spotted by
arne.roysland

Vestfold og Telemark, Norway

Spotted on Oct 12, 2020
Submitted on Oct 12, 2020

Related Spottings

Tawny Slug Yellow Garden Slug Spotting Leopard slug

Nearby Spottings

Red Soldier Beetle Small Tortoiseshell Sheathed woodtuft
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team