/r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs
Land slugs and sea slugs are welcome. Worms and sea cucumbers are not.
Land slugs and sea slugs are welcome. Worms and sea cucumbers are not.
1) Genetic unusualness
Real slugs with distinctly unusual visuals, behaviors, or facts.
Allowed "slugs":
- land slugs / sea slugs / semi-slugs
- nudibranchs / pleurobranchs
- sacoglossans with no shells (Plakobranchacea)
- headshield slugs
- sea angels
- sea hares
- bubble snails (due to reduced shell)
Banned "slugs":
- sea cucumbers
- most snails
- worms
2) Correct species name in title
Requires the common or scientific name, but reasonable mistakes won't be removed. This is helpful for education, searching, and research.
3) Minimum picture size = 400 by 400 pixels
4) "Good format"
- No "photoshop" (minimal oversaturation, no deception)
- No reaction text/emojis (no memes, no commentary)
- No bad cropping (minimal black bars, no obvious screenshots)
Artwork is only allowed when extinct, nearly extinct, or beside a photograph.
5) Gifs/Videos allowed
Must have motion footage of the slug.
6) No compilations
No posts focusing on 3+ slug species.
7) No recent reposts
Try using the search bar before submitting.
- No reposting: within 3 months
- No species reposting: within 1 month
r/AIDKE (Animals I Didn't Know Existed)
/r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs
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Hot-Pink slug (Triboniophorus aff. graeffei) found in Mount Kaputar Volcano in Australia
1 Comment
2024/12/09
10:15 UTC
10:15 UTC
170
The New Zealand Pickle Slug(Athoracophorus papillatus)
5 Comments
2024/10/08
21:09 UTC
21:09 UTC
141
Nudibranch (gymnodoris inornata), Shek Ngau Chau, Hong Kong, September 2024 (OC).
3 Comments
2024/09/16
13:32 UTC
13:32 UTC
87
Nudibranch (Pteraeolidia), Tung Ping Chau, Hong Kong, August 2024 (OC)
2 Comments
2024/08/25
14:52 UTC
14:52 UTC
154
Unknown species of slug from Tanzania, Photographed by Matthieu Berroneau in early 2024
8 Comments
2024/06/11
21:28 UTC
21:28 UTC
75
Phyllidia ocellata nudibranch, off Sung Kong Island, Hong Kong, June 2024 (OC)
1 Comment
2024/06/09
15:27 UTC
15:27 UTC
129
Lettuce Slug!!
4 Comments
2024/04/25
19:10 UTC
19:10 UTC
72
Chromodoris annae, Anilao, Philippines, January 2024 (OC)
1 Comment
2024/03/08
13:03 UTC
13:03 UTC
77
Chromodoris willani nudibranch, Anilao, Philippines, January 2024
1 Comment
2024/03/01
13:42 UTC
13:42 UTC
45
Thecacera picta, Anilao, Philippines, January 2024 (OC)
1 Comment
2024/02/28
14:12 UTC
14:12 UTC
82
The gills (purple) & rhinophores (pink) of a Nembrotha chamberlaini nudibranch, Anilao, Philippines, January 2024 (OC)
2 Comments
2024/02/20
15:18 UTC
15:18 UTC
49
Hypeselodoris apolegma nudibranch, Anilao, Philippines, January 2024. Olympus TG-5 + darktable (OC)
2 Comments
2024/02/15
14:09 UTC
14:09 UTC
63
Batwing sea slug, Sagaminopteron psychedelicum
3 Comments
2023/12/30
14:47 UTC
14:47 UTC
44
Muangnua arborea, a recently discovered species of semislug from Thailand
7 Comments
2023/12/18
14:44 UTC
14:44 UTC
64
Thuridilla gracilis
3 Comments
2023/12/15
23:28 UTC
23:28 UTC
76
Nembrotha chamberlaini
3 Comments
2023/12/14
11:31 UTC
11:31 UTC
46
Cabangus regius
3 Comments
2023/12/11
11:53 UTC
11:53 UTC
192
Unidentia angelvaldesi
18 Comments
2023/12/09
15:15 UTC
15:15 UTC
17
Undescribed species of tailed snail in the family Urocyclidae
3 Comments
2023/12/07
23:21 UTC
23:21 UTC
42
Semi-slug (Helicarion sp,), Masungi GeoReserve, Philippines
4 Comments
2023/12/06
19:54 UTC
19:54 UTC
93
Seagrass sea hare (Phyllaplysia sp.)
6 Comments
2023/12/05
14:08 UTC
14:08 UTC
87
Unidentified slug from Montagne d'Ambre, Madagascar
3 Comments
2023/12/03
15:00 UTC
15:00 UTC
64
Unidentified member of Helicarionidae, a family of semi-slugs
3 Comments
2023/12/02
00:56 UTC
00:56 UTC
103
Harold Dundee's leatherback slug (Laevicaulis haroldi)
5 Comments
2023/11/30
16:34 UTC
16:34 UTC
140
Undescribed semi-slug, likely in the Family Amphibulimidae
6 Comments
2023/11/28
23:59 UTC
23:59 UTC