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Grey Field Slug

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The grey field slug, also called the grey garden slug or milky slug and known scientifically as Deroceras reticulatum, is a small air-breathing land slug of the family Agriolimacidae and a significant agricultural pest. It is creamy to light coffee colored, rarely blackish spotted, with a short keel near the rear of the body and dark markings forming a net-like pattern behind the mantle, its mucus normally colorless but turning milky white when the animal is disturbed; adults typically measure 40 to 60 millimeters. It lives in cultivated ground such as meadows, gardens, and roadsides, sheltering under stones and litter without burrowing, moving mostly at night and covering as much as 12 meters in one night. Native to Europe, North Africa, and the Atlantic Islands, it has spread with human activity to North America, South America, Tasmania, New Zealand, and central Asia.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Omnivore 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Agricultural or Structural Pest 1

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 3

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

Scientific Name

Deroceras reticulatum 1

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

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Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Deroceras reticulatum

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Sources

1. Wikipedia: Deroceras reticulatum

Wikipedia

Wikidata Q1502135 (P225 taxon name)
infobox status=LC
article text (diet), EntityId 343875
This species is omnivorous, feeding mainly on fresh leaves and fruits or seedings.

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2. GBIF Species API

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3. NatureServe Explorer: Deroceras reticulatum

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

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"roundedGRank": "G5"

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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Gastropoda

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 44

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"cites_listing":"I/II/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Mollusca","class":"Gastropoda","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Snails And Conches","language":"EN"},{"name":"Escargots Et Strombes","language":"FR"},{"name":"Caracoles Y Conchas","language":"ES"},{"name":"腹足纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]

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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Stylommatophora

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 74

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 74

"cites_listing":"I/II/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Mollusca","class":"Gastropoda","order":"Stylommatophora","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"柄眼目","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]

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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Deroceras reticulatum

GBIF Backbone TaxonomyChild Taxon Of: Gastropoda, Taxon record

Quote, Child Taxon Of: Gastropoda, Taxon record

"class": "Gastropoda"

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