Beautiful Slugs
June 14, 2008
After recently writing and reading a few other people’s blog entries (Vegmonkey and the Mrs, Greenforks and Fresh as a Daisy) about our ruthless british slug and its attack on our vegetable gardens, it was nice to come across a different type of slug.
Beautiful slugs are two words not normally put together especially when talking about british land slugs.
In an article I was reading in National Geographic magazine, the slugs cousins who dwell in the world’s seas and oceans are beautiful creatures with vivid colours. However they are much more deadly with their toxic slime trails and and stinger cells.
Why don’t garden slugs look like this?
Pictures from Wikipedia Source.
Please click here for the very interesting National Geographic magazine article on Nudibranches (Sea Slugs). Article written by Jennifer S.Holland and fantastic Photography by David Doubilet.
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vegmonkey | June 14, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Hi, can’t believe we’ve never been here before. Looks like you started when we did. Don’t be sucked in by the pretty colours…you’ll be happily admiring them, under the glare of the shiny water, and they’ll jump out and swipe your lettuce seedlings right before your eyes!
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Jenny | June 15, 2008 at 2:53 am
I think I’m glad garden slugs don’t look like that. I would feel much worse about killing them when they go after my strawberries and lettuce.
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easygardener | June 16, 2008 at 10:55 am
Nice slugs but I’m not convinced if they would be any less annoying no matter how pretty they looked!
I’ve tagged you on my blog. I’ll leave it up to you whether you wish to tag anyone else. No pressure
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Michelle | June 16, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Wow! They are amazing! Thank you for putting this on your blog – I love them!