Common Garden Slug (Juvenile/Hatchling)

Moist, shaded environments such as gardens, under logs, leaf litter, and compost piles throughout temperate regions.

Generalist herbivore feeding on a wide variety of plants, including seedlings, foliage, flowers, and tubers.

Nocturnal and most active in high humidity; they produce a milky mucus for protection and move via muscular contractions of the foot.

A significant agricultural and garden pest that can damage crops; ecosystem-wise, they help decompose organic matter but can carry parasites like lungworm if ingested by pets.