European Red Slug / Crveni golać

Description:

It is a large land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs.This species is characterised by its (usually) red or brown body and lack of a keel. At most, a full-grown red slug can extend to be approximately 18 cm in length; although they usually only grow to be 7–10 cm long. Although very often brick-red or brown in coloration, Arion rufus can also be greenish-brown, black, yellow, or orange.

Habitat:

The red slug typically lives in gardens, fields, or wooded areas near human activity.This slug is mostly found in Denmark, where it was a was introduced by some scientists in a forrest near Silkeborg in 1913. And with help from people, it spread to the rest of East Jutland where it, by itself, spread to: Germany, Poland, Sweden, Croatia, Norway, Great Britain...

Notes:

Also known as the chocolate arion. Its genus, Arion, is derived from the name of the legendary Greek poet Arion. Its species name, rufus, is Latin for red.