Limax maximus
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- Work cat.: White, W.H. The spotted garden slug, 1918:p. 3 (the spotted garden slug, Limax maximus)
- t.p. (the spotted garden slug was introduced from Europe during the 1800s. It is the largest slug in the eastern United States ( (Goh, K.S. Spotted garden slug, Limax maximus L., 1988:) )
- Insect and related pests of flowers and foliage plants, 1994, via WWW, Nov. 20, 2020:Slugs and Snails > Spotted Garden Slug (Spotted garden slug, Limax maxumus)
- ITIS, Nov. 20, 2020(Limax maximus. Common names: giant garden slug; giant gardenslug, Genus Limax, Family Limacidae, Order Stylommatophora)
- Invasive species compendium, via CABI website, Nov. 20, 2020(Limax maximus (leopard slug). Preferred scientific name: Limax maximus. Preferred common name: leopard slug. Other scientific names: Heynemannia maximus; Krynickillus mamelianus; Limacella parma; Limax abrostolus; Limax antiquorum; Limax bocagei; Limax carbonarius; Limax cellarius; Limax cinereus; Limax maculatus; Limax maximum; Limax pardalis; Limax sylvaticus; Limax vulgaris; Milax maximus. International common names - English: European giant garden slug; great gray garden slug; great grey slug; great slug; large garden slug; large grey slug; spotted garden slug; spotted leopard slug; tiger slug. Local common names - USA: great gray garden slug)
- Giant Garden Slug, Limax maximus ( (Texas Invasive Species Institute website, Nov. 20, 2020) )
- Limax maximus. Family Limacidae. Common name: Giant gardenslug, Great slug, Tiger slug, Spotted leopard slug ( (Terrestrial mollusc tool website, Nov. 20, 2020) )
Wikipedia description:
Limax maximus (literally, "biggest slug"), known by the common names great grey slug and leopard slug, is a species of slug in the family Limacidae, the keeled slugs. It is among the largest keeled slugs, Limax cinereoniger being the largest. Limax maximus is the type species of the genus Limax. The adult slug measures 10–20 cm (3.9–7.9 in) in length and is generally a light grey or grey-brown with darker spots and blotches, although the coloration and exact patterning of the body of this slug species is quite variable. This species has a very unusual and distinctive mating method, where the pair of slugs use a thick thread of mucus to hang suspended in the air from a tree branch or other structure. Although native to Europe, this species has been accidentally introduced to many other parts of the world. It was first discovered outside its native range in Philadelphia, USA in 1867.
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