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Yellow-bordered Taildropper

Prophysaon foliolatum

The Yellow-bordered Taildropper is a special kind of slug with a bright yellow edge on its body. It loves to hide under leaves and logs in damp places, making it a fun little creature to discover!

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Yellow-bordered Taildropper is a reddish-brown to dark gray slug, distinctively outlined with a bright yellow or orange border on its mantle and foot fringe. Its tail often has a prominent ridge, setting it apart visually from many plain slugs.

ReichAnimaliaStammMolluscaKlasseGastropodaOrdnungStylommatophoraFamilieAriolimacidaeGattungProphysaon
Yellow-bordered Taildropper
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Yellow-bordered Taildropper

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

It uses a ribbon-like tongue covered in tiny teeth to scrape food!

Their bright yellow border glows under UV light, like a secret signal!

This slug is a hermaphrodite, meaning each one can lay eggs!

Unlike us, it breathes through a special hole on its side called a pneumostome!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Tail Escape

Yellow-bordered Taildropper can drop its tail to escape from predators, which then regrows later.

Fähigkeit

Slime Trail

Yellow-bordered Taildropper has a slippery slime that helps it glide over surfaces and deters predators.

Maße und Details

Length Mm
30-70
Weight G
1-5
Lifespan Years
1-2

Ernährung und Fütterung

This slug is a nature's clean-up crew, munching on dead plants and fungi to recycle nutrients!

Hauptnahrung

  • Decaying leaves
  • Dead wood
  • Fungi
  • Algae
  • Mosses

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

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Ground Beetle

Carabus nemoralis

Actively preys on slugs in moist environments.

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Masked Shrew

Sorex cinereus

A small mammal that often consumes slugs.

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Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

Eats slugs as part of its varied diet.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

It's best to look at slugs from a distance and not touch them, as they can be slimy.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Wie groß ist Yellow-bordered Taildropper?

30-70

Wie viel wiegt Yellow-bordered Taildropper?

1-5

Wie lange lebt Yellow-bordered Taildropper?

1-2

Was frisst Yellow-bordered Taildropper?

This slug is a nature's clean-up crew, munching on dead plants and fungi to recycle nutrients!

Wo findet man Yellow-bordered Taildropper normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Yellow-bordered Taildropper?

Foraging

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