The Leopard Slug

We were heading out for a stroll and a bite to eat. I had to rearrange the recycling boxes, which had been emptied by the refuse collectors earlier that morning. Inside one of the boxes was a very interesting slug.

I hadn't seen this species before, not as far as i could remember. The boys were enthused by its leopard-like patterns and we took a quick snap for the album.

A bit of research revealed this fella to be Limax maximus - commonly known, not surprisingly, as the leopard slug.

They have an interesting method of copulation, which involves hanging from a branch on a thread of mucous http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Slug-oh_my!.jpg