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Dayglo Orange Slugs


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Anyone know anything about the huge bright orange slugs which are dotted around the floor of woods and forests here in France (79, Deux Sevres to be specific, although I guess they are all over the place).

Not normally a slug fan, but these were interesting, and my 11 year old visiting nephew convinced himself that they must be poisonous, not that WE were considering getting that close.

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I love the wildlife - we have snails so huge that if we were not as far from the sea as is possible I would assume that whelks or something bigger had become accustomed to land life.

I also thought we had 'pretty lizards' apart from the green, blue headed variety - seems they are salamanders - and yes, we have the dayglo slugs and also some huge ones that are a rather 'interesting' brown colour that at first we thought were 'presents' left by the neighbours dog.

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These are probably what are commonly called in English "Red Slugs" Arion rufus . Although called red slugs they come in a great range of colours: Red, Orange, Brown, Black or White.

Can grow as large as 15cm (6inches) not toxic and generally eat rotting plant life and dead birds and mammals.

I understand that they are actually eaten in Belgium.

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These are probably what are commonly called in English "Red Slugs" Arion rufus . Although called red slugs they come in a great range of colours: Red, Orange, Brown, Black or White.

Can grow as large as 15cm (6inches) not toxic and generally eat rotting plant life and dead birds and mammals.

I understand that they are actually eaten in Belgium.

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[quote]These are probably what are commonly called in English "Red Slugs" Arion rufus . Although called red slugs they come in a great range of colours: Red, Orange, Brown, Black or White. Can grow as la...[/quote]

They are eaten in Northern France as well

 My husband was out strimming today and 'popped' one For a little critter they spread a long way - sticky was how it described it

How do I always quote the wrong bit?

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