Slugs mating! Not a mollusc person though so no idea what kind
Another blonde.
Feeding on Resupinatus
Blondie
Slugs attacking an earthworm... This was a 45-50 minute sequence I found interesting.
Under log in area of mostly Acer macrophyllum growth.
Slug appeared quite attracted to the cockle.
Appeared to be eating dead bird.
Slug found in a creek with irridescent blue spots on its hind section.
Shown fluorescing under 365nm UV light.
video posted here: https://youtu.be/DVspghULU44
Being eaten by Scaphinoides beetles.
Found eating Psilocybe cyanescense ¹.
As Lehmannia valentiana in Burke 2013 (Land snails and slugs of the PNW).
This specimen was found deep in the dirt of a potted plant purchased from True Value.
I did not know slugs eat carrion. Like a slug magnet.
What is going on here?
Dissection key:
ag: albumen gland
bc: bursa copulatrix
ga: genital atrium
hd: hermaphroditic duct
od: oviduct
ot: ovotestis
p: phallus/penis
pa: phallus/penile appendix
pr: phallus/penile retractor muscle
so: spermoviduct
vd: vas deferens
2nd photo: close-up of appendix with membrane/sheath removed
3rd photo: shells from 2 individuals
4th photo: habitat (plumbing box lid)
Dissection key:
ag: albumen gland
bc: bursa copulatrix
e: epiphallus
ga: genital atrium
hd: hermaphroditic duct
o: oviduct
ot: ovotestis
vd: vas deferens
Note wide oviduct and unpigmented epiphallus. Hard to tell from the photo, but the animal had no orange and the mucus was clear.
Found under log.
Dissection key:
ag: albumen gland
bc: bursa copulatrix
dg: digestive gland
e: epiphallus
g: gut
ga: genital atrium
hd: hermaphroditic duct
o: oviduct
ot: ovotestis
vd: vas deferens
Second photo is of a second smaller individual.
Note small ovotestis embedded in digestive gland, to which it was connected at several points. The bursa copulatrix was also connected to the oviduct.
Found under log.