Both ends look similar, but the end with the head is narrower and has two eyespots. I found him-her living in my compost pile. ** After handling live slugs, hands should be washed in hot soapy water, and rinsed in alcohol or a standard hand disinfectant. The tentacles are 2-3 mm long, and rarely extend beyond the tip of the mantle. The African black slug is endemic to Asia and the Caribbean. The Black Velvet Leatherleaf Slug is an invasive species in Texas and can carry the nematode parasite Angiostrongylus costaricensis that causes abdominal angiostrongyliasis in humans. The tropical leatherleaf slug measures 70-80 mm long. Limax maximus is a large (6 in. Description. As the common name suggest, this slug is typically jet black with an inconspicuous tan stripe down the underside. ), nocturnal and terrestrial slug in the Limacidae family or the keel back slugs.In the leopard slug the keel is well-marked present towards the posterior end of the body. Belocaulus angustipes (Heynemann, 1885) B lack-velvet Leatherleaf: U. S. Department of Agriculture request for specimens : This invasive species was initially found in northeast Florida under a small piece of wood near a retention pond/lake at Baker Skinner Park in southern Duval County, Florida on 7/12/2005 (number 1 on the map). Both the breathing pore (pneumostome) and anus are located posteriorly. The African black slug is a slimy, black mollusk about an inch long with a distinctive white mark on its back, unlike several harmless species of black slugs native to the Lower Rio Grande Valley that are solid black. It is a native of South America and was first detected in Florida in 2005. Butter and garlic salt! This terrestrial slug is from the family Veronicellidae (leatherleaf slugs) andcan grow up to 3.5 inches in length. 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