#4639 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

Hedgehog Slug

🇳🇱 Egel-wegslak ·Arion intermedius

LCleast concern 🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0
2. © Grahame · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © James K. Lindsey · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Thomas Everest · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Gelderland, NL:© invasive_nerd · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
7. Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
8. 6269 BG Margraten, Nederland:© Red Bikkel · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. 6031 LG Nederweert, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Arion intermedius is a species of land slug in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs. It is known commonly as the hedgehog slug , hedgehog arion , or glade slug . It is native to Western Europe, and it is known as an introduced species in many other regions, including North America, Australia, New Zealand, North Africa, South Africa, and the Pacific Islands.

base stats

NL sightings 43iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,386iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).