Monday, December 2, 2024

Silver trails

I came back from cleaning the barn and feeding the cows early one morning, when I saw a silver trail on our back deck.

In fact, the wobbly silver trail tracked all over the place.

It wasn't hard to find the source: A leopard slug. Just follow the trail.

Leopard slugs are fascinating critters. Last year I was privileged to witness their mating behavior, something I had never thought about until I saw it in action. Yowza.

But this slug was solo. I picked it up to admire it for a few moments...

...then yeeted it over the edge of the deck to the grass below. Be free, little slug.

1 comment:

  1. Have you considered naming your property the Flying Slug Ranch? :-)

    ReplyDelete