/r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs

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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/PicsofUnusualBirds

r/AIDKE (Animals I Didn't Know Existed)

/r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs

4,398 Subscribers

57

Chromodoris annae, Anilao, Philippines, January 2024 (OC)

1 Comment
2024/03/08
13:03 UTC

67

Chromodoris willani nudibranch, Anilao, Philippines, January 2024

1 Comment
2024/03/01
13:42 UTC

41

Thecacera picta, Anilao, Philippines, January 2024 (OC)

1 Comment
2024/02/28
14:12 UTC

72

The gills (purple) & rhinophores (pink) of a Nembrotha chamberlaini nudibranch, Anilao, Philippines, January 2024 (OC)

2 Comments
2024/02/20
15:18 UTC

44

Hypeselodoris apolegma nudibranch, Anilao, Philippines, January 2024. Olympus TG-5 + darktable (OC)

2 Comments
2024/02/15
14:09 UTC

58

Batwing sea slug, Sagaminopteron psychedelicum

3 Comments
2023/12/30
14:47 UTC

46

Muangnua arborea, a recently discovered species of semislug from Thailand

7 Comments
2023/12/18
14:44 UTC

65

Thuridilla gracilis

3 Comments
2023/12/15
23:28 UTC

73

Nembrotha chamberlaini

3 Comments
2023/12/14
11:31 UTC

46

Cabangus regius

3 Comments
2023/12/11
11:53 UTC

187

Unidentia angelvaldesi

18 Comments
2023/12/09
15:15 UTC

16

Undescribed species of tailed snail in the family Urocyclidae

3 Comments
2023/12/07
23:21 UTC

42

Semi-slug (Helicarion sp,), Masungi GeoReserve, Philippines

4 Comments
2023/12/06
19:54 UTC

96

Seagrass sea hare (Phyllaplysia sp.)

5 Comments
2023/12/05
14:08 UTC

87

Unidentified slug from Montagne d'Ambre, Madagascar

3 Comments
2023/12/03
15:00 UTC

61

Unidentified member of Helicarionidae, a family of semi-slugs

3 Comments
2023/12/02
00:56 UTC

99

Harold Dundee's leatherback slug (Laevicaulis haroldi)

5 Comments
2023/11/30
16:34 UTC

133

Undescribed semi-slug, likely in the Family Amphibulimidae

6 Comments
2023/11/28
23:59 UTC

107

Unidentified orange-bordered slug (Veronicellidae?), ParanĂ¡, Brazil

7 Comments
2023/11/28
00:23 UTC

60

Boreolestes sylvestris

3 Comments
2023/11/26
22:33 UTC

44

Pallifera costaricensis ssp. alticola

6 Comments
2023/11/23
01:38 UTC

63

Borneo ninja slug (Ibycus rachelae)

3 Comments
2023/11/18
14:32 UTC

80

Lehmannia carpatica

3 Comments
2023/11/16
16:37 UTC

34

Limax cinereoniger

3 Comments
2023/11/15
02:22 UTC

49

Yellow-bordered taildropper (Prophysaon foliolatum)

5 Comments
2023/11/13
19:44 UTC

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