Träge und Mäander

Mein Gehirn arbeitet seit vielen mag dieses schleimige Schnecke Spur. Bewegte sich langsam, ohne klare Richtung. Ich habe nicht viel wie die Suche nach Bugs in letzter Zeit war, aber ich werde noch packe meine Kamera nicht, wenn man mich findet.

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A close shave for this slug

The bok choy in my garden has started to bolt, so instead of cutting a few stalks here and there, I have been cutting whole heads of it at a time. I love the perfect rosette it makes when I cut the bottom off.

This rosette had some "stuff" in it, though, and on closer inspection, there was a slug, a very lucky slug, down in the bottom of one of the stems.

I looked on the knife and on other side of where I cut, and I didn't see any slug bits. I waited, and soon I saw his antennas starting to poke out. This was the best shot I got of him before he wisely turned around and made his way back into the bottom of the rosette. I ended up putting the whole rosette out in the yard in the hope he would find his way to safety.

But I dunno, I think it looks like I took off part of his face.

And that's not the only surprise I found in my veggies.

A slug eating a snail shell?

One night last week, Jerry accidently stepped on a snail on our front walkway, and killed it. The next day, I noticed a slug on top of what was left of it, eating it.




Actually, it looked as if it had just finished eating the shell. The slug seemed to be cleaning up where the snail's innards connected to the last bit of shell. Once the shell was gone, the slug stopped eating.


I had never seen a slug eat a snail shell before. I tried taking a stray bit of shell and offered it to another slug that was passing by, but he wasn't interested.

Rippled slug

I came across this slug the other morning in my back yard.
At about 2 1/2 inches, it's about as big as slugs get around here.




Its skin looked especially rippled. Like it was sporting a
full-body fingerprint.




Or maybe some slimy, shiny woodgrain.