Ariolimax Californicus, aka California Banana Slug

"Banana slugs are native to the forest floors along North America's Pacific coastal coniferous rainforest belt (including redwood forests) which stretches from Southeastern Alaska to central California, just south of the San Francisco Bay Area, (Santa Cruz).

Slugs are detritivores or decomposers. They process leaves, animal droppings, and dead plant material, and then recycle them into soil hummus . They seem to have a fondness for mushrooms and they spread seeds and spores when they eat. They move relatively slowly.

Slugs secrete a slime that contains pheromones to attract other slugs for mating. Slugs are hermaphrodites and reproduce by exchanging sperm with their mate." ~Wikipedia

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