Family Urocyclidae
The colour makes this slug easy to identify. It reaches 6cm in length.
It is regarded as a pest in banana plantations where it damages the skin of the fruit.
Info: Field Guide to Land Snails and Slugs (Dai Herbert & Dick Kilburn)
2 comments:
So I cannot blame it for eating my plants in Jhb when we were there, Ha ha. The ones we have here are bright orange! Have a good weekend. Diane
I get "slakke sonder dakke" visit my place at night and usually see them hang around the dogs' waterbowl when I switch on the back light
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