Red Triangle Slug from Australia

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August 30th, 2006 at 12:00 am

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Hows this for an Aussie slug
We breed them big here in Queensland. This slug was spotted climbing a tree in our garden by us on the way home from our favorite Chinese / Vietnamese restaurant. There had been a good bit of rain (for a change) and this remarkable creature was climbing into the treetops to start munching. I nearly got out the Dettol (a disinfectant spray we use to dispatch the cane toad, an alien pest imported to get rid of the cane toad beetle that has since become an environmental disaster). On closer inspection we were impressed with the bugger and did a bit of Googling (as you do) and found your web site. So here are the images of the Red Triangle Slug from our garden.
Gillian & Len
Queensland, (Australia)

Hi Gillian and Len,
Thanks for your awesome image. The first time we saw an image of mating Red Triangle Slugs, we thought someone had painted them.

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Susan J. Hewitt wrote:
Hi again,

Yes, this is indeed the red triangle slug, Triboniophorus graeffei, which is a common endemic species in Western Australia. It is a very cool-looking large slug which can be all sorts of different colors. There is an article at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_triangle_slug
which I wrote, she noted modestly…

best,

Susan J. Hewitt
Posted 03 Mar 2009 at 6:45 pm ¶