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Garden Arion

arion hortensis

The Garden Arion is a large, slimy slug that loves to munch on leaves in gardens. It helps break down plant material and enrich the soil, making it a garden superhero!

Hábitat: Moist gardens, woodlands, and grassy areas.

Aspecto

The Garden Arion is a sleek slug, typically dark brown or greyish-black, with distinctive bright yellow-orange stripes running along its sides. It has two pairs of retractable tentacles, which it uses to sense its surroundings.

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Garden Arion
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Garden Arion

Categoría

Invertebrate

Rareza

Common

Peligro

0/5 · Sin peligro conocido

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Datos interesantes

A Garden Arion can squeeze through unbelievably small cracks to hide.

These amazing slugs are hermaphrodites, having both male and female parts!

They have thousands of tiny teeth on a ribbon-like tongue called a radula.

This slug breathes through a tiny hole on its right side called a pneumostome!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Slime Navigator

Garden Arion can leave a sticky slime trail that helps them glide over surfaces and find their way back using chemical cues.

Habilidad

Underground Burrower

Garden Arion can dig into loose soil to escape predators, intense heat, or dry conditions, staying hidden and safe.

Habilidad

Super Sniffer Tentacles

Garden Arion has sensitive tentacles that help them 'sniff' out tasty food and even sense danger nearby.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud
2.5-4 cm
Peso
0.5-2 g
Esperanza de vida
1-2 años

Dieta y alimentación

Garden Arions munch on decaying plant matter, fungi, and sometimes fresh garden greens.

Alimentos principales

  • decaying leaves
  • fungi
  • moss
  • young plant shoots
  • algae

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Blackbird

Turdus merula

slugs are a food source

eaten by

Hedgehog

Erinaceus europaeus

nocturnal predator

eaten by

Ground Beetle

Carabus nemoralis

juveniles consumed

eats

Lettuce

Lactuca sativa

eats leaves and seedlings

Rasgos

También conocido como

Brown SlugCommon Garden SlugEuropean Garden Slug

Colecciones

Seguridad

Peligro

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Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el longitud de Garden Arion?

2.5-4 cm

¿Cuál es el peso de Garden Arion?

0.5-2 g

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Garden Arion?

1-2 años

¿Qué come Garden Arion?

Garden Arions munch on decaying plant matter, fungi, and sometimes fresh garden greens.

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Garden Arion?

Moist gardens, woodlands, and grassy areas.

¿Cómo caza Garden Arion?

Foraging

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