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Chestnut Slug

Deroceras invadens

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 637, February 470, March 737, April 1,159, May 1,671, June 1,822, July 1,950, August 1,677, September 1,231, October 919, November 502, December 392.
United States13,341
Alaska13,168
California87
United Kingdom73
England63
Australia58
Tasmania34
Washington30
Italy25
Canada23

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderCommon Land Snails and Slugs · Stylommatophora
FamilyAgriolimacidae
GenusSmooth Land Slugs · Deroceras

Sources

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Practise Chestnut Slug with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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