The Living Forest (31) : Yellow slug on Brick tuft.
In autumn, not only fungi can be found in the forest, but also life.
You can see here a beautiful specimen of a Yellow slug feeding on Brick tuft fungi.
Yellow slugs are nowadays a rather rare species with a striking yellow body, mottled with grey and two pair of steely blue tentacles to sense the environment . The upper pair is used to sense light and the lower pair provides the slug's sense of smell.
They are mostly feeding on fungi and……. are mad about the smell of beer ! (hence its German name)
Dutch name : Lichte aardslak
German name : Bierschnegel (auch Kellerschnecke genannt)
Latin name : Limax Flavus
The Fungi world (20) : Brick tuft
Mark Billiau.
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archiek 28/12/2008 19:28
Hey Mark, I did not know there were yellow slugs there in Europe. I thought they were only here along the west coast of N. America. A good shot of this one munching fungi. -ArchieSaska S. 11/11/2008 16:48
Wow, I've never seen a yellow slug before, thanks for sharing. Great image.Regards, Saska
Astrid Buschmann 07/11/2008 23:43
Ich glaube, so eine gelbe Schnecke habe ich auch noch nicht gesehen - klasse beobachtet bei der Futtersuche auf den schönen rötlichen Pilzen.LG Astrid
Pascal Viyer 07/11/2008 18:11
gourmandise !amitié
p^v
Pe-Sto 07/11/2008 14:49
Diese Schnecke hat ja eine tolle Tarnfarbe, auf den ersten Blick sieht man sie gar nicht. Großartiges Foto, Mark!!!lgPeggy
Charly Roggow 07/11/2008 9:22
Die Schnecken sind zwar ekelhaft aber dein Bild ist KlasseLG Charly
Adele D. Oliver 06/11/2008 21:53
Beautifully sharp slug - love the yellow which is so much nicer than the khaki coloured slugs we have here.greetings, Adele
Deryck 06/11/2008 20:45
Food a plenty!!Great picture of the fungi and the slug
Deryck
Pozer Katalin 06/11/2008 20:44
Ahha... A yellow slug is eating the fungi...Interesting. He has a good taste and huge appetite:-)
Great close up, Mark. Thanks.
Hugs, Katalin
Lawson McCulloch 06/11/2008 20:30
Very well seen with fine colour and detail.best wishes from Lawson.
Andrea Sagawe 06/11/2008 19:38
Excellent shot of the slug. I think I've never seen yellow slugs. Those I know are all brown.andrea
Die Mohnblumen 06/11/2008 18:58
Hallo Mark,sehr schöne Farbkomposition.
LG K-H
Vitória Castelo Santos 06/11/2008 18:55
Sehr schöne Aufnahme!... klasse diese farben.gefällt mir
LG Vitoria
Theo Weijmer 06/11/2008 17:20
Excellent capture of a not so well liked creature (at least by me), like the info you provide makes it even more interesting to look at!!!Greetings Theo
Cees Kuijs 06/11/2008 17:17
Perfect sharpness and colors, Mark !! Stunnning details. I knew about the beer, but also those fungi.........:-)))Greetings, Cees