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Snails and slugs to be found in and around Torphins Wood, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Torphins is a village in upper Deeside, Aberdeenshire Scotland. There is nothing particularly special about the wood, it is a mixed species coniferous/deciduous wood, so things found there can probably be found in many other Scottish, British or even European woods. For more information on Torphins itself and the human population there go to Torphins.org.

Insects, beetles 1, 2, ground beetles 1 2, springtails, earwigs, flies, true bugs, bumblebees, bees, wasps, sawflies, butterflies and moths 1 2 3 lacewings etc., dragonflies and damselflies, stoneflies,		Flatworms	Slugs/snails	Worms/leeches	Lice
		Millipedes/centipedes etc.	Spiders 1, 2, harvestmen, mites, ticks, etc.	Woodlice, water fleas, cyclops

Helix aspersa mating

Helix aspersa, the common garden snail

Found on vegetation at night and during wet weather, and understones and in the soil during the day.

Fully grown will reach a height of 25-35 mm and a width of 25-40 mm.

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Cepaea nemoralis

Cepaea nemorails, the banded snail.

Found in gardens, fields and woodland edges throughout the year.

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Planorbis planorbis ramshorn snail

ramshorn snail eggs, Planorbis planorbis eggs

Planorbis planorbis, ramshorn snail.

Found in overgrown, stagnant pools, muddy ditches throughout the year.

When fully grown it is 14 - 17 mm in diameter.

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slug, Arion sp.

Arion sp.

Found year round almost everywhere.

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slug showing pneumostome

Arion ater

Found everywhere all year round.

Adults can reach 20 cm. Young are straw coloured.

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Limax maximus slug

Limax maximus, the Great grey slug.

Found everywhere, especially in compost bins.

Adults can reach 20 cm.

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