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molluscs

Yellow Slug Yellow Slug
Limax flavus
Length up to 10cm

A large, yellowish slug, the body of which is marbled and mottled with olive-brown. Tentacles blue and mantle with thumbprint-like pattern of concentric rings typical of all Limax species. Common and widespread in England, Wales and Ireland but almost always associated with gardens and houses; ventures indoors after dark and into cellars. Feeds voraciously on seedlings and vegetables.
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