Western Dusky Slug
Arion subfuscus
Mollusca
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- About 1 year
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Temperate forest
- Range
- Europe
- Movement
- Slithering
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Toxins
- Status
- Common
About
The dusky slug is a widespread terrestrial mollusk found in gardens and moist woodlands across Europe and North America. When threatened, it secretes a remarkably sticky orange-brown mucus that clings to predators' mouths and is nearly impossible to remove.
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 subfuscus