Did you know that New Zealand and other land masses in the south-west Pacific are home to LEAF-VEINED SLUGS?
Unlike their omnivorous European relatives, these slugs eat only fungi. They breathe mainly through the skin of the back, which is kept moist by secretions passing along the many grooves.
I think they're utterly amazing, and apparently so do mesostigmatid mites (look at that mite party by the green slug)!
#Mollusc #MacroPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Nature #SoilBiodiversity
Unlike their omnivorous European relatives, these slugs eat only fungi. They breathe mainly through the skin of the back, which is kept moist by secretions passing along the many grooves.
I think they're utterly amazing, and apparently so do mesostigmatid mites (look at that mite party by the green slug)!
#Mollusc #MacroPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Nature #SoilBiodiversity