Banana Slugs Little and Large - Sightings in the Forest of Big Basin State Park

Text by J. Zimmerman, Ph.D.
All photos (c) Scott Peden, Photographer and Docent at Big Basin State Park.

Forest and Tree Home, Glossary pages: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

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Some of the smallest and largest banana slugs seen so far!

A little slug (1.2") seen in April:

Another little one. Compare its size to the club mosses!

A moderately large slug, about 6.9 inches long:

Books on Slugs

Field Guide to the Slug Explore the Secret World of Slugs and Their Kin - In Forest, Fields, and Gardens from Southeast Alaska to California, by Western Society of Malacologists, David G. Gordon.

Banana Slug: A Close Look at a Giant Forest Slug of Western North America by Alice Bryant Harper, Daniel Harper (Photographer).

See also these pages

• Slug and flower count graph (opens in a new window).
• Survivalist slugs. (Takes a moment to download.)
• How the large slugs create the little slugs. (Marvelous photos - well worth the download time!)
• Records are usually set in May and November.
• Articles - Our Index

Forest and Tree Home, Glossary pages: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

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