Short Description
The yellow cellar slug is yellow to dark orange and has a characteristic grey spot pattern. The antennae are blue-grey. The wrinkles are fine and not very deep. They often coincide with the spot pattern. The underside of the body (sole) is white. The body mucus is yellowish to orange. The mucus of the sole, on the other hand, is colourless. It grows to about ten centimetres long.
Features
Yellow cellar slug
Limacus flavus
spot pattern
blue-grey antennae
Similar species
Green cellar slug
Limacus maculatus
In the city
It prefers to live in damp cellars. More rarely, it can also be found in sheds or gardens. It used to be common in the city centre. It lives a very secluded life and hardly ever comes out of hiding before 10 pm.
Fun Facts
In Germany, it is found exclusively in human settlements. It feeds on vegetable stocks such as carrots and potatoes.
In the past, it was often found in damp brewery cellars, where it fed on supplies and waste from beer production. The German name refers to this.
The yellow cellar slug was already considered extinct in Berlin. In 2015, it was rediscovered at a goat farm.
It belongs to the land snails. These are hermaphrodites, i.e. they have female and male sexual characteristics.
- Endangerment level Germany: threatened with extinction
Sources
Habitus, I, Maderibeyza, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salyangoz.JPG
Habitus, Karol Karolus, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Limax_flavus_Poland_Lublin_10-08-2014_1.jpg
Habitus, Syrio, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Limax_flavus_Piazzo_01.jpg
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