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Ariolimax sp.
slug eating fungus
temperate rain forest
spotted along the nature trail just north of the Hoh Visitors Center in Olympic National Park; ID is notional--I know nothing about slugs; the spotting presents an interesting tableau, containing as it does species from three different Project Noah categories, viz., arthropods, fungi and other; the roles of the slug and fungi--eater and eatee--are clear; as for the flying insects, who knows? perhaps they are the ants at this picnic
Spotted on May 11, 2005
Submitted on Dec 14, 2011
13 Comments
I hope so! I live in an area where most everyone denies climate change - in part because of the cool weather. They don't get that when the temperature rises globally, that's an average and some places will cool to compensate
That's some strange weather. I had occasion to speak on the phone with someone in Pierre a couple of months ago. He also reported unseasonably warm weather, but things vary in the short term. My bride and I were at Jenny Lake in the Tetons toward the end of last May, and it was a skating rink. We were also there a year prior to that, almost to the day, and the lake was ice-free. The long-term climate pattern is another matter. The Earth cycles through long term periods of warming and cooling. The current warming trend is probably different. For the first time human activity seems to be a factor in the process. Of more significance, for the first time there's a large human population that may be effected, e.g., by disruption of habitat or by interruption of food supply. Other species--think polar bears--are already being affected. Let's hope we're smart enough to manage things successfully down the road.
Sometimes! My friend just came back from her dad's place in(one of the) Dakota - she said it was sunny and warm with only a light frost most nights. Also said it was unheard of for Thanksgiving-pre christmas
At least coastal winters are milder than those in the middle of the continent, any continent, due to the moderating effect of a great big body of water nearby that places like Wyoming lack. Hang in there. :)
We got their spring. They got our summer. This whole year sucked. And our winter has started out dry and cold. I'm thinking this is what Eastern Oregon is like, not the coast!
Oregon had no spring this year, or so I've heard from family and in-laws in the Willamette Valley. There can be too much of any good thing, including rain.
I sure can't get anything to grow - although last year I used the no poison slug bait. That alllowed a few things to sprout, but then our crappy spring weather didn't allow them to grow properly
Thanks for the insight. I'll have to check with my better half to see if they are available locally. I did note online that one may buy "kits" to cultivate oyster mushrooms. As for slugs liking them, I think slugs like a bunch of things. They're certainly an annoyance when trying to grow vegetables!
Oyster mushroom are considered a tasty edible(I've eaten domestically grown ones) and slugs love mushrooms
I know nothing of mushrooms, but just searching online for "oyster mushrooms" and looking at the pictures that my search turns up, I think you may be right. Thanks.
Looks like its eating oyster mushrooms
I would think it was 7-10 cm long, but there's unfortunately no obvious telltale in the image to permit a more precise estimate.
amazing the slug must be huge.