wild Somerset - early summer showers and things are bursting with life

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I had to terminate this invasive juvenile black slug. It's in an area that's part of an ongoing rewilding community, environmental project. We remove them from areas where we're trying to protect native slugs & native habitat. Taildropper slugs are a native slug species at threat here on Vancouver Island & it's important to do our best to protect their habitats.

Even though these are called black slugs, they have a wide colour range & most found here exhibit this brown colour, when young.
Black slugs can lay up to 150 eggs at a time. They reproduce very quickly, which causes their population to grow beyond manageable in a short time period, if left to breed.
By comparison, native slugs lay only 20-30 eggs & are slower to reproduce.

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Stumbled upon this massive bleached shell out in the grass. It belongs to an invasive island apple snail, which can grow to the size of a baseball! 🐌

📍 Archbishop Fiorenza Park, Houston, TX
📸 Canon R50 + RF 100-400 + 1.4x

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Выява дня: Голажаберны малюск Nembrotha lineolata сядзіць на асцыдыі Polycarpa aurata.

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