Black slug
Arion ater
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Molluscs: slugs
(Juvenile) ca. 2 cm pale orange-brown slug; tentacles black; mantle finely granular; body with long ridge-like tubercles; no keel, no banding (sides slightly paler than dorsum). Foot fringe pale, like body with fine but marked black stripes. Sole white, mucous white and sticky.
In pond rockery in June.