Yellow cellar slug
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Limacus flavus (Linnaeus)
Order: Pulmonata
Family: Limacidae.
Size range
- Up to 100 mm in length when fully grown
Distribution
- Native to temperate parts of Europe. Can tolerate low temperatures
Life History
- One of of the larger species found in gardens, close to human dwellings
- Nocturnal. Needs moist surroundings
- Feeds above ground on decaying vegetable matter, fungi and lichens