Yellow Slug
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The Yellow Slug (Limax flavus) is a type of keeled slug, noted for its olive-brown body and blue tentacles. The Yellow Slug feeds mostly on fungi, decaying matter or vegetables, and is common in England, Wales and Ireland, usually found in damp areas.
Like all slugs, Yellow Slugs moves relatively slow because they only have one muscular foot. Yellow Slugs are sometimes preyed upon by raccoons, geese, ducks, garter snakes, salamanders, moles, and shrews.
Yellow Slugs, like all other slugs, use two pairs of tentacles on their heads to sense their environment. The upper pair, called optical tentacles, is used to sense light. The lower pair, aural tentacles, provide the slug's sense of smell. Both pairs can be retract and extend themselves to avoid hazards, and, if lost, can be regrown.
The Yellow Slug belongs in the Limacidae family.
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See also
References
- Tiscali Encyclopaedia (http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/wildlife/molluscs_yellow_slug.html). Retrieved March 25, 2005.
- Stuart M. Bennett, 2000. Yellow Slugs (http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th11a(3).htm). Retrieved March 25, 2005.
- Hutchings, J. Les limaces (http://www.clartex.com/pagesclartex/limaces_en.htm). Retrieved March 25, 2005.
External links
- Image of the similar looking Great Yellow Slug (http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name_c/a_1837.htm)
- Image of the similar looking Great Yellow Slug's tentacles (http://www.graphicscience.com.au/Gallery/Minibeasts/Minibeasts8.htm)
