I think they are mating because of the thread like structures connecting their hind ends together (obvious on close inspection of the original photo). But I have never seen anything like this before.
Gastropods following a crustacean example? Lewis Carroll mentioned a lobster quadrille. Could this be the first sighting of a slug quadrille. "Take your partners and proceed very slowly around!"
in search of higher levels of wisdom I have posted a query on wild about Britain see .. http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/73306-slug-fest.html#post659112
does anyone know what these slugs are up to? (They are not eating, unless they eat paving stones)
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a pinwheel
waiting for a fifth for a starfish??
I don't know what they are doing but a 4-way gamete exhange doesn't seem likely to me. But I'm certainly no expert on the sex lives of gastropods.
ReplyDeleteI think they are mating because of the thread like structures connecting their hind ends together (obvious on close inspection of the original photo). But I have never seen anything like this before.
ReplyDeleteGastropods following a crustacean example? Lewis Carroll mentioned a lobster quadrille. Could this be the first sighting of a slug quadrille. "Take your partners and proceed very slowly around!"
ReplyDeletein search of higher levels of wisdom I have posted a query on wild about Britain see .. http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/73306-slug-fest.html#post659112
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