{"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\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Discoveries #13: Black-Velvet Featherleaf Slug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>&#8220;You have GOT to be kidding me!&nbsp; You&#8217;re going to blog about <b>slugs<\/b>???&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/1jNhywCI5hmYe6EPyqcbMw?feat=embedwebsite\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-c2Cna4fTTjM\/Td5WGEs_yPI\/AAAAAAABWEk\/FujmkUmwGvY\/s640\/IMG_8022.JPG\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s been described as having a dry-tire surface to it.&nbsp; 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<p>LOL!&nbsp; Yes I am!&nbsp; Because I was so incredibly stunned when I saw this black stick start slithering across my driveway last week!<\/p>\n<p>Meet a black-velvet featherleaf slug, which is a species of slug introduced from South America to northern Florida in the 1960s.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hartmanprehistoricgarden.com\/sa-angustipes.html\">This website seems to have a good description<\/a>, and I found some snippets of information at these other sites.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/entnemdept.ufl.edu\/creatures\/misc\/florida_slugs.htm\">Florida Slugs<\/a>.&nbsp; <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaxshells.org\/slew.htm\">Black-velvet featherleaf slug sightings in the Jacksonville, FL area<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The one I saw was pretty long and slender.  About the length of my middle finger (3-4&#8243;?).<\/p>\n<p>Here are the other pictures I got.  Enjoy, if you dare!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/5whxhzAKp5Bvg9GaSisSjw?feat=embedwebsite\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-vu3_Nz1dmdo\/Td5WI3fBjKI\/AAAAAAABWEs\/jD-o9bSTK6M\/s400\/IMG_8024.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/CaLMhlCP6Rrn9cqBp4DRfA?feat=embedwebsite\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-pgTz4inzgUI\/Td5WLQGciKI\/AAAAAAABWE0\/_QZEFFfzdr8\/s400\/IMG_8026.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/xpxypnUgwzOJfYVSilD8Ww?feat=embedwebsite\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-omMs0CTpDTs\/Td5WHl1Zx9I\/AAAAAAABWEo\/xU6RixEP0ok\/s400\/IMG_8023.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You have GOT to be kidding me!&nbsp; You&#8217;re going to blog about slugs???&#8221; It&#8217;s been described as having a dry-tire surface to it.&nbsp; I have to admit, as close as I got to the slug to get these pictures, I did NOT touch it! 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