Spanish Slug
Arion vulgaris
Mollusca
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 1-2 yrs
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Temperate grassland
- Range
- Iberian Peninsula
- Movement
- Slithering
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Toxins
- Status
- Common
About
The Spanish slug is one of Europe's most destructive invasive terrestrial molluscs, capable of laying up to 400 eggs per year and devouring crops, garden plants, and even carrion. Originally from the Iberian Peninsula, it has spread across much of Europe and beyond, earning it a reputation as a near-unstoppable garden pest.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA juvenile mollusk takes adult form after its larval phase and begins building or growing its shell.
- 2.adultFully grown at adult shell size or body length.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Arionidae
- Genus
- Arion
- Species
- Arion vulgaris