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Cache co-ordinates taken with Garmin Etrex 10 GPS; (3m error)
This Geocache hide is a black slug. This cache is VISIBLE.
Near the gate.
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SLUGS
Most conspicuous on wet days, the black slug (Arion ater) is an important, but often overlooked, part of the woodland floor in the Scottish Forest. This slug is common and widespread throughout Scotland and the rest of the UK. It occurs in most terrestrial habitats, including grasslands, hedgerows and woodlands.
Slugs are similar to snails, but they have no shell, instead they have a horny plate concealed under the mantle or saddle. Slugs are active only when the temperature is above 5 degrees C. In dry, cold weather they stay deep in the soil.
Slugs have both male and female reproductive cells (hermaphrodite), but must find a mate to exchange sperm before they can reproduce. They lay batches of gelatinous, watery eggs in moist crevices. The climatic conditions determine how quickly the eggs develop and hatch – the warmer it is, the quicker they develop. It takes about a year for slugs to mature into adults, which can live for about two years.
Slugs are eaten by a range of wildlife including hedgehogs, foxes, badgers, many birds, slow worms, violet ground beetles and Devil’s coach horses.
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