Took this one near a waterfall off a service road at the base of Mt. Rainier.

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  • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    9·
    2 days ago

    One thing to love about banana slugs: the name is a perfect description of the color (sometimes) and size. The picture doesn’t really put it completely into context, but these mofos are huge! They can grow up to 26 cm/10 inches long!

    • fireweed@lemmy.world
      9·
      2 days ago

      Also some of them have dark spots, just like an overripe banana!

      (Not my photo sadly, as I’ve never seen a spotted one in the wild, but they’re out there!)

      • CopeColaOP
        2·
        2 days ago

        Very cool! Now I want to go back and see if I can find some variants!

      • CopeColaOP
        2·
        2 days ago

        The largest is the Leopard slug, yeah? I saw one of them in Ireland a few years back and it had some really neat looking patterns.

        • fireweed@lemmy.world
          3·
          2 days ago

          Unfortunately you don’t have to go that far to find them; leopard slugs are among the invasive slugs taking over the PNW (I find them in my garden constantly). I will admit, though, that they are super cool, especially when they’re full grown. Watching them hunt is a hoot, like a slow-mo kaiju.

    • CopeColaOP
      2·
      2 days ago

      I wish I had put something down for scale! Cool to know they can get even bigger than this one (approx 15-17cm).

  • fireweed@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 days ago

    Banana slugs are so cool! Unfortunately they’re being displaced by invasive European slugs. I hardly ever see bananas anymore…

    • CopeColaOP
      3·
      2 days ago

      This is the first one I’ve seen in the wild, and they are fascinating to watch! I probably spent an hour just following it around while it slimed along every surface in its path.

      I didn’t realize they were being displaced…

    • CopeColaOP
      1·
      2 days ago

      woah, did you have a bunch of them swarming your trees?

        • CopeColaOP
          2·
          2 days ago

          Makes sense, these guys can really cover ground quicker than I would have guessed by looking at them. It would be interesting to set up a time laps to catch them hunting your apples.