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Carolina Mantleslug

Limax maximus

Description:

About 4” Slimy, and spotted.

Habitat:

Wet day

1 Species ID Suggestions

Carolina Mantleslug
Philomycus carolinianus Philomycus carolinianus (Bosc, 1802) Carolina Mantleslug


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4 Comments

cobalttoad
cobalttoad 3 years ago

Thank you Deny

cobalttoad
cobalttoad 3 years ago

Thank you Forestdragon!

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 3 years ago

It's hard to find a good reference online. I believe you have found a nice native species of slug!

If you compare your slug to the images here, you should be able to see the differences: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limax_maxi...

Deny
Deny 3 years ago

Lovely spotting

cobalttoad
Spotted by
cobalttoad

Harriman, Tennessee, United States

Spotted on Aug 25, 2020
Submitted on Aug 25, 2020

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