naps Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caz<H2><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>Carole (87)<FONT><H2> Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 We call them ginger slugs in our house but I remember fondly last October half term being able to encourage the kids to go for a walk only because we could see who counted the most ginger slugs. There were loads of them and we are in 87. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le val charente Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 So that would explain why they all congregate under our fig tree in autumn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 [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 itHow do I always quote the wrong bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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