#ariolimacidae

[herpsandbirds]

Pacific Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus), family Ariolimacidae, Redwoods National Park, northern CA, USA

* This individual was about 6 1/2 inches long 

Photographs by Paxon Kale CC

[bowelfly]

this month's bugs. the outrageous one at the top right is real, Austrospirachtha carrijoi, a rove beetle that parasitizes termite nests

[wikipediapictures]

Banana slug

“The mating dance of two banana slugs. This picture was taken in August 2003 in El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve in Northern California. Part of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District system.” - via Wikimedia Commons

[chuck-wills-widow]

A very ripe Button's Banana Slug (Ariolimax buttoni) November, Northern California, USA

[every-day-creechur]

Sheathed Slug Zacoleus idahoensis

A slug found in Idaho and Montana, USA, and British Columbia, Canada. It has been found in mainly coniferous forest stands. Moist microhabitats and refuges provided by decaying logs appear to be important. The slugs feed on fungi and liverworts, and probably also on other live and decaying vegetation. It is hermaphroditic (possessing both male and female reproductive organs) and lays eggs.

image by Ryan O'Donnell

[box-of-critters]

Banana Slug <3

Date Taken: 21 March 2026, 18:47

[snototter]

The face of a Southern Pacific banana slug (Ariolimax stramineus) in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, California, USA

by Robin Gwen Agarwal

[chuck-wills-widow]

California Banana Slug (Ariolimax californicus) October, Northern California USA