Gardeners will look at these pictures and want to squash this not-so-little critter or, if they’re feeling kindly, drown it in beer – what a way to die! – whereas when I found this slug, I thought ‘Wo, what a wonderful looking creature you are!’
Having been a gardener and lost many a cherished seedling to the ravages of my slug’s cousins, I can certainly sympathise with their need to destroy all slugs.
And, perhaps if I still had a garden, I might have been tempted. But even then, I don’t know. I mean it’s just so cute.
Look at that pretty orange-and-black-striped skirt! Look at that dimpled brow!
And when it began to poke out its little tendrils / eyes and waved them at me, I was lost.
This is probably Arion rufus, commonly known as the Red slug, the Large red slug, the Chocolate arion or the European red slug.
Well I never! Whatever next…?
Make that three of us in the slug fan club! I couldn’t bear to kill them – in South Wales I used to pick them off plants in my garden, put them in a bucket then relocate them down to Brynna Woods. I have to confess the odd or two did get thrown over the hedge into next door’s overgrown orchard though.
Oh you are good. I’ve need heard of slug relocation before, though just yesterday I saw a flying millipede – incredibly it flew out my first-floor flat window on to the lawn below. 😉
I have a cute photograph somewhere in my archives of a snail on a dish enjoying a meal of cat biscuits 🙂
They do seem to eat almost anything, Joyce. I have a few on fungi. 🙂
I used to hate slugs and love snails but these days I just think of slugs as snails travelling light! So I mostly like them now.
And you have a garden! Well done, Val. 🙂
That is so funny!! I thought I was the only one who thinks slugs are cute! 😀
That’s two of us then … there may not be any others though. 😉