They are in abundance in Jacksonville, Florida and leave a silvery trail marking their path. I keep a salt shaker by the porch doorway to liberally sprinkle upon them by my potted plants. Stops them in their tracks.
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nekochanninja
Oldsmar, FL (Zone 9b) |
May 2009 |
Neutral
i have so many of these suckers around my house it's not even funny. anything you lift, especially off the ground, and you'll find at least one.
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dvferret
Orlando, FL (Zone 9b) |
March 2007 |
Neutral
As far as I know, these slugs just tear apart and eat certain plants of mine. I saw tons of these slugs over my plants here in Orlando back in October before I trimmed them.
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barksy
(Zone 10a) |
December 2006 |
Neutral
This slug is native to the warmer parts of the SouthEast US. I found him-her living in my compost pile. Most of the slugs that I am familiar with have a smaller mantel on the first third of the animal. I have never seen a slug where the mantel covers the entire animal. So I was not sure what it was. I found a nice University of Florida site http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/misc/florida_slugs.htm that helped me identify it. I am not sure how much damage this creature in particular causes in my garden but I have noticed a fair amount of snail/slug damage lately.
JAXgardener2
nekochanninja
dvferret
barksy