Ghost Slug

Large slug with pale dappled coloration to resemble the sunlight coming through the trees. It eats decaying plant and animal matter, acting as part of the forest clean up crew.

Ground dwelling detrivorous gastropod. A species of Darwin's Slugs.

Pale, dappled greys and browns.

They have a head with two pairs of feelers. A body with mantle followed by a tail and a 'foot' underneath. The mantle contains the openings to the genitals and anus, as well as the breathing pore.

Six to eight inches.

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Secrets slippery, foul tasting slime.

Slow.

Large range of diet.

Soft squishy body.

Tropical forest flour.

Any dead organic material that falls to the first floor.

Hermaphrodites mate, lay eggs, and then abandon eggs.

Ghost slugs are a species of Darwin's Slugs. They are related to Marine Slugs and Colony Slugs.

All of Darwin's Slugs descended from unassuming Grey Forest Slug of the Southern Reaches. It somehow reached Green Droplet islands over sixteen thousand years ago. Probably transported there as a cluster of eggs. Either on piece of plant material or by a bird. Being one of the only animals on the island the slugs quickly diversified to fill the available niches.

Many of them developed foul tasting out poisonous slime and bright warning colors to deter hungry sea birds. Many of the slug species developed into herbivores, living in the trees and taking advantage of the abundant foliage. While a few became frugivores or fungivores, while at least one species became detrivores.

Hermaphrodites mate, lay eggs, and then abandon eggs.