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Belocaulus angustipes, the black-velvet leatherleaf slug, is a species of land slug in the family Veronicellidae native to South American tropical regions. [1]
Laevicaulis alte is a round, dark-coloured slug with no shell, 7 or 8 cm (2.8 or 3.1 in) long. Its skin is slightly tuberculated. The central keel is beige in colour.. This slug has a unique, very narrow foot; juvenile specimens have a foot 1 mm (0.039 in) wide and adult specimens have a foot that is only 4 or 5 mm (0.16 or 0.20 in) wide.
Combretum molle, the velvet bushwillow, is a medium to large tree species in the genus Combretum found in western, eastern and southern Africa. The larvae of Parosmodes morantii and Acalyptris molleivora feed on C. molle .
Eleutherocaulis haroldi, known as Purcell's hunter slug [4] or the caterpillar slug, [1] is a species of tropical land slug in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs. [3] It was first formally named Laevicaulis haroldi in 1980.
This species has a maximum size of 70 mm. [2] The background color is deep black. The margin of the parapods and body are marked with a thin electric blue line. The two rather long "tails" at the end of the animal are characteristic of the genus Chelidonura, the left one is always longer.
It is a social species, which is found in South Africa and Madagascar. [1] The genome sequence was published in 2014. [ 2 ] Similar to closely related species such as Stegodyphus sarasinorum , S. mimosarum engages in communal living which involves remaining with the same colony even when prey availability is low, moving away in order to expand ...
Trombidiidae, also known as red velvet mites, true velvet mites, [2] or rain bugs, are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) found in plant litter and are known for their bright red color. While adults are typically no more than 4 mm (0.16 in) in length, some species can grow larger and the largest, including the African Dinothrombium ...
The larvae are rather slug-like and, along with the larvae of the sister taxa Limacodidae and Megalopygidae, are often known as slug caterpillars. More specifically, they are also called jewel caterpillars due to the colorful bead-like gelatinous mass covering the exoskeleton of many species.