Garden slug
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Order: Pulmonata
Family: Milacidae
Size range
- Up to 50 mm long
Distribution
- Introduced species
Life History
- Found in gardens
- Nocturnal
- Burrows in soil to conserve moisture
- Feeds on many garden plants
- Damages potato tubers and carrots in the ground