#athoracophorus

[herpsandbirds]

New Zealand Pickle Slug (Athoracophorus papillatus), family Athoracophoridae, New Zealand

photograph by Nick Volpe

[onenicebugperday]

Leaf-veined slug, Athoracophorus bitentaculatus, Athoracophoridae

Found in New Zealand

Photos 1-5 by shaun-lee, 6 by saras, 7 by dougalt, and 8-10 by jacqui-nz

[autodiscothings]

Animal of the day: leaf-veined slug (Athoracophorus bitentaculatus)

A type of slug whose natural disguise is to mimic a leaf. Found native in New Zealand, like all of the Athoracophorus species, the leaf-veined slug’s orifice/combined genital system is behind and below the right eye-peduncle (the eye stalk.)