{"id":575,"date":"2011-05-30T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T16:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/05\/florida-discoveries-13-black-velvet-featherleaf-slug.html"},"modified":"2011-05-30T16:34:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-30T16:34:00","slug":"florida-discoveries-13-black-velvet-featherleaf-slug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/05\/florida-discoveries-13-black-velvet-featherleaf-slug.html","title":{"rendered":"Florida Discoveries #13: Black-Velvet Featherleaf Slug"},"content":{"rendered":"

“You have GOT to be kidding me!  You’re going to blog about slugs<\/b>???” <\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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It’s been described as having a dry-tire surface to it.  I have to admit, as close as I got to the slug to get these pictures, I did NOT touch it!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

LOL!  Yes I am!  Because I was so incredibly stunned when I saw this black stick start slithering across my driveway last week!<\/p>\n

Meet a black-velvet featherleaf slug, which is a species of slug introduced from South America to northern Florida in the 1960s.  This website seems to have a good description<\/a>, and I found some snippets of information at these other sites. <\/p>\n

Florida Slugs<\/a>. 
Black-velvet featherleaf slug sightings in the Jacksonville, FL area<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The one I saw was pretty long and slender. About the length of my middle finger (3-4″?).<\/p>\n

Here are the other pictures I got. Enjoy, if you dare!<\/p>\n

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“You have GOT to be kidding me!  You’re going to blog about slugs???” It’s been described as having a dry-tire surface to it.  I have to admit, as close as I got to the slug to get these pictures, I did NOT touch it! LOL!  Yes I am!  Because I was so incredibly stunned when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[615],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-9h","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2584,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2013\/09\/my-new-gizmo.html","url_meta":{"origin":575,"position":0},"title":"My New Gizmo ————–>>>>>>","date":"17 September 13","format":false,"excerpt":"You folks know I'm a statistics girl. 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