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Kōrero: Snails and slugs

Leaf-veined native slug

Leaf-veined native slug

Athoracophorus bitentaculatus has the leaf-vein pattern that is typical of many native slugs. The breathing hole in the front part – not always obvious in slugs – can be easily seen.

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Soil Bugs – An Illustrated Guide to New Zealand Soil Invertebrates

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by Alastair Robertson and Maria Minor

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Paddy Ryan, Snails and slugs – Flax snails, giant snails and veined slugs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12864/leaf-veined-native-slug (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paddy Ryan, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.

Comments

peggy
29 May 2023
I'm Peggy, I'm twelve years old and I live in the Onamalutu valley. I was walking around our pond when I saw a fallen willow tree and pulled back a peace of bark and underneath was a big green slug with little pumps all over it and it had a breathing hole and two little blue eyes. When I did some research I found out that it is a unknown species and that it is native to New Zealand. Later in the same week that it was found we took it to our local doc building and soon after they got back to us saying that it was a leaf veined slug. When I found this slug it wasn't by itself, it was living with two yellow leaf veined slugs and one smaller one of its kind. I don't know if this information will help in any way but I felt I should share it anyway.
Patricia Frykberg
23 March 2018
My neighbour has caught two creatures in a mouse trap. One was at least 3 centimeters, the second not so large. Fastidious she threw them out before I saw them. From her description they looked like the pictures of slugs in this page. would such creatures go for peanut butter in a mouse trap? Across a brick patio? Are they prevalent here in Hawkes Bay? Ordinary garden slugs are plentiful! I would like to know more about them. Thank you Patricia Frykberg. Havelock North HB