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Identification

Arion ater

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Date Taken

1980

Location

Humboldt County, California, USA.

Caption

A garden slug (Arion ater), Humboldt Co., California, 1980. This is one of several species of European slugs that have been accidentally introduced to North America, and are commonly found in urban and suburban areas.

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CalPhotos (media), CalPhotos manages a database of images, usage information is here: http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/use.html

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