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Ash-black Slug

Limax cinereoniger

699Records since 2000
MayPeak month
54Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb3
Mar20
Apr72
May140
Jun100
Jul70
Aug56
Sep79
Oct93
Nov40
Dec18

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland79
2North Yorkshire England77
3Gloucestershire England50
4Devon England26
5Worcestershire England23
6Aberdeenshire Scotland16
7Somerset England13
8Fife Scotland12
9Scottish Borders Scotland12
10Sheffield England12
11Nottinghamshire England11
12Powys Wales11
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland10
14Monmouthshire Wales9
15Kent England7
460 England170 Scotland60 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
699
Peak month
May
Counties with records
54
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Limax cinereoniger
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
672
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Limacidae
Genus
Limax
Name with authority
Limax cinereoniger Wolf, 1803
Described
1803
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q892046 · GBIF 4567609