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chebucto.n When we lived on Moran St, just north of the Common in Halifax, from 1996 to 2000, we had L. maximus in the yard (they bred in the compost). They had apparently just recently crossed into the North End from the South End, where they'd been for some time. One behaviour I particularly noticed is that they eat other L. maximus, especially those recently rendered helpless, mostly from having been stepped on by humans. So this slug is a cannibal. Cheers, Doug Linzey On 02-Aug-16 5:03 PM, plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: > > Interesting to know what they can eat. Now, the more interesting > question (to me, at least), what eats/them/? > > > Patricia L. Chalmers > > Halifax > >> On August 1, 2016 at 11:35 PM Lance Laviolette >> <corvuscorax@sympatico.ca> wrote: >> >> Hi John and Andrew, >> >> They have been on Brier Island formanyof years.Unfortunately I don't >> have theexactyear I first encountered them around The Brier Island >> Lodgebut I do have a photograph of one taken at Northern Point >> September 5, 2006. Since that timewehaveencounteredthemevery yearat >> Northern Point. The will consume an entire, fully grown/Amanita >> Muscaria/in a single night (stipe and all)leaving a hole in the moss >> with slime trails leading into and out of it. >> >> All the best, >> >> Lance >> >> Lance Laviolette >> >> Glen Robertson, Ontario >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca >> [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Hebda, Andrew J >> Sent: August-01-16 5:22 PM >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Giant Slug >> >> It was introduced to Halifax in the late 930s, but was restricted to >> the S end of town until about 10 years back, when it appears to have >> been moved around with bedding plants.. >> >> That is the first reports from Brier Island. >> >> Have reports from Wolfville, New Glasgow and Sydney (as well as a >> handful throughout HRM. >> >> Has anyone else encountered them? >> >> Andrew >> >> ________________________________________ >> >> From:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>[naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] >> on behalf of John Kearney [john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca] >> >> Sent: August-01-16 6:09 PM >> >> To:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> >> Subject: [NatureNS] Giant Slug >> >> Hi all, >> >> I found what I believed to be a Giant Slug, Limax maximus, on the >> Northern Point of Brier Island today. I have never seen this species >> in Nova Scotia before today. Does anyone know its status in the Province? >> >> I posted a photo >> athttps://www.flickr.com/photos/92521211@N05/28706383465/in/dateposted-public/. >> >> It was about 15-20 cm in length before it started to curl up when I >> was taking the photo. >> >> Thank you, >> >> John >> >
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