#leopard slugs

[artofmaquenda]

💙 The Lovers 💙

My new favorite artwork haha, I loved working on it so much as I missed drawing slugs :)

Prints are available: https://artofmaquenda.etsy.com/listing/1555609657/

#Slugs #slug #sluggo #the lovers #tarot #mollusk #gastropod #leopard slug #leopard slugs #mating leopard slugs #Digital art #artofmaquenda

[nokia3650]

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#animals #slugs #leopard slugs #slug mating #mating #alien #romance #romantic #lovers #strange #weird #weird tumblr #weirdcore #beautiful #nature #weird nature #aesthetic tumblr

[stray-mossballs-and-buckets]

Life of leopard slugs! An autistic persons facts from raising 87!

22 Facts about slugs:

When they hatched they were about the size of a grain of rice! Fatboy was the first to hatch and remained the biggest. 

they wiggle their eye stalks when happy, and each have their own eye colours ranging from amber to green 

They seemed to understand what I was saying to some degree considering If I told Fatboy to stay for a sec he would usually slow down or stop. 

My slugs liked to cuddle in one big pile when they were young and would compete for the “best spot” to sleep 

We thought we were getting 30 eggs, we got 87! 

Leopard slugs are the one of the biggest land slugs in the world with a maximum recorded size of seven and a half inches—Fatboy reached 7 inches! 

The largest slug in the world is the absolutely amazing limax cinereoniger, and they have a white stripe on their foot (underside of a slug/snail which is a large muscle used to pull them along so they can move) 

Slugs are from the phylum mollusca alongside clams and oysters! 

They have  20,000+ teeth. They loose their teeth regularly and they grow back! I really wish they were large enough for me to have found a few. 

Leopard slugs lay roughly 200 eggs per batch! 

They really, really like cucumber. I cannot stress how much they like cucumber. 

We released the 86 into our giant  composters which we use to make dirt (we live on a small homestead) 

At around ten months old, Fatboy developed a small white dot on his cheek which turned out to be a spot that basically signals to other slugs that he’s an adult and capable of mating 

I believe I created a very tiny group of hybrid slugs because im finding small slugs that have the patterning of leopard slugs but in lighter colours—so very well I could have found the grandchildren of the slugs I raised! 

Sadly I doubt any of my released slugs are still alive, as they tend to live about two years even if they didn’t have to deal with birds, which are the leopard slugs biggest predator because of their size 

The slime can be difficult to wash off so I recommend putting soap onto a washcloth and scrubbing you hands with the cloth to get off any extra sticky bits! 

They need lots of moisture, but you have to make sure to balance how often you spray down the tank because you don’t want mites to form 

Leopard slugs are an invasive species in Canada (where I live), but they aren’t a problem because all they do is eat rotting matter! They will rarely go into peoples garden’s because leopard slugs really do prefer rotting over fresh veggies. 

Slugs are omnivores! They seem to prefer to eat vegetables such as lettuce, cucumber, zucchini, but can also eat fungi, leaves, moss, and even decaying animals! (They are not opposed to cannibalism if starving)

The reason you may be finding a lot of slugs in your gardens, at least in the city, is because we’ve destroyed their homes! Just like ticks they’re having to use our backyards because, well, they have no where else to go. Ever thought about why you can’t find slugs very easily in a park? It’s because they can safety burrow and feed—they have no reason to gather together in small backyards to find good food supplies, aka your garden. I recommend, if you can, just making a composter area where you put your compost, they’ll move in there and happily break down your food waste into dirt! 

Never use salt to kill slugs! It drains all the moisture from their bodies as they dehydrate until they die. It’s very painful and a slow death that can last 5-10 minutes. If you really feel the need to kill slugs, it’s more humane to crush them. please, please never use salt. 

probably the most talked about fact about these guys is their extravagant mating rituals where they hang upside down and entwine their translucent genetalia, but most people don’t know is that they both get pregnant!

Overall, they’re amazing creatures and are far more diverse than people give them credit for!  

@levthestreetlamp @chaos-n-bees

Please know that if you leave a comment saying they should be killed, or put on fishing lures, you will be blocked. (this is directed towards no one in particular btw, I’ve just had bad experiences about sharing them)

#special interest #autism #leopard slugs #slugs #slug facts

[halomancer]

You know that “no two leopards have the same spots” thing? Well, same is true for leopard SLUGS!

They might look identical on first glance, but a closer look shows that these two are totally different in pattern!

I think it’d be neat to see if I can catalogue and track local gastropods by pattern alone…

#slugs #leopard slugs #probably my number 3 favorite slug in my area #after banana and cellar slugs #they look like such cryptids here I love em

[yescrazycatlady10]

Leopard Slug Invasion! 🐌

#youtube #Leopard Slugs

[xxflyingwiththestarsxx]

Leopard slugs penis’ are in their heads. And get each other pregnant.

And if they don’t find a mate; they’re male and female so they can reproduce with themselves.

The more you know I suppose

I’m watching Queer Earth. It’s pretty neat, it’s about queerness in nature.

#trapeze sex slugs #look it up #leopard slugs #animal reproduction

[crevicedwelling]

stepped outside and hanging there at eye level was a pair of leopard slugs and a pair of blue, undulating leopard slug penises.

(Limax maximus)

#bugs #slug #leopard slug

[cessnati]

Aug 8, 2023

#I was super excited about this. I found two right around the same area on the same day. #I knew we had leopard slugs because I had seen what I thought might have been a dead one a month before. #But the two I saw on this day were the first live ones I ever saw. They are so gorgeous! And so big!

[dinoserious]

invertober 30, leopard slug. this is a bit silly

#invertober #leopard slug #slug #mollusk #invertebrate #i wasnt feeling happy w this one esp color wise so i just fucked the palette into oblivion nd yeah. that helped this looks insane 👍 #eyestrain

[vireosy]

Invertober Day 30 - leopard slug

#invertober #invertober2023 #slugs #leopard slug #molluscs #gastropods #inverts #invertebrates #animals #digital #drawing #id in alt

[its-a-beautful-day]

These slugs are gay and there's nothing you can do about it 🏳️‍🌈🐌🏳️‍⚧️

This valentine card references the unique mating habits of leopard slugs (video can be found here)

#star's art #my art #bug art #Slug art #valentine's day card #bug valentines #leopard slug #Slug mating habits #Gay slugs #Pride #I did a few different versions of text color #I'll have those posted on my Kofi #WigglyWormWonders #I absolutely made a rainbow text one #I included the link to the video cause none of my friends had apparently seen it #Really proud of this one #But it's not like I can show people freaky slug sex art #I mean I could if I wasn't a coward but alas I am #Kinky slugs

[artofmaquenda]

My obsessions are normal

#slugs #leopard slugs #mating leopard slugs #sluggo #ArtofMaquenda #art

[cuttledreams-creatures]

Aaand Invertober Days 29, 30 and 31! Insane that it's already the end, time really flies.

I never did finish the 2022 list, so who knows, it might be worth revisiting that one fresh with this new approach in mind.

- Tiger Centipede ~

- Leopard Slug ~

- Halloween Pennant ~

Invertober was put together by fossilforager! Extra special thanks to them for making this list such a solid one, the variety was delightful to work with~

Prompt List

#cuttledreams #invertober #tiger centipede #leopard slug #halloween pennant #bugs #I love bugs

[vintagewildlife]

Leopard slug attacking a garden slug By: C. David Rollo From: Natural History Magazine 1977

#predation #leopard slug #slug #gastropod #mollusk #invertebrate #1977 #1970s #C. David Rollo #Natural History Magazine

[north-winds1]

Saint is just a big fluffy cat to me

#rain world #rainworld art #slugcat #digital art #slugcats #five pebbles #I like to think they have large paws compared to other slugs #Like a snow leopard

[crevicedwelling]

some gifs of leopard slug romance for your evening

#bugs #slug #leopard slug