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Dusky Arion - Arion subfuscus This is a moderate sized slug that is brown with a darker lengthwise strip. It has orange body mucus, which gives its body a golden orange tint. <br />
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Habitat: I spotted it snacking on what was left of an Amanita flavoconia mushroom in a mixed forest. Arion fuscus,Dusky Arion,Geotagged,Summer,United States,amanita,arion,mushroom,mycophagy,slug Click/tap to enlarge

Dusky Arion - Arion subfuscus

This is a moderate sized slug that is brown with a darker lengthwise strip. It has orange body mucus, which gives its body a golden orange tint.

Habitat: I spotted it snacking on what was left of an Amanita flavoconia mushroom in a mixed forest.

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  1. Nice one! I never saw this photo! Posted 6 years ago
    1. Thanks! That slug was getting every last crumb. I first spotted it from far off and thought it was some interesting mushroom that I had never seen before ;P Posted 6 years ago

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Arion fuscus, also known as the "Dusky Arion", is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs.

Similar species: Pulmonata
Species identified by Christine Young
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Uploaded Oct 30, 2018. Captured Aug 5, 2018 08:43 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/10.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO800
  • 100mm