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Common Garden Slug

Arion distinctus

5,643Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
109Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan204
Feb321
Mar667
Apr987
May780
Jun537
Jul372
Aug265
Sep490
Oct560
Nov257
Dec198

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England959
2Nottinghamshire England398
3Highland Scotland261
4York England244
5East Lothian Scotland243
6City of Edinburgh Scotland234
7Lincolnshire England186
8Leeds England150
9Scottish Borders Scotland147
10Midlothian Scotland116
11Gloucestershire England114
12East Riding of Yorkshire England102
13West Lothian Scotland81
14Fife Scotland79
15Redcar and Cleveland England77
3,653 England1,682 Scotland275 Wales30 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 109 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,643
Peak month
April
Counties with records
109
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Arion distinctus
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Arionidae
Genus
Arion
Name with authority
Arion distinctus Mabille, 1868
Described
1868
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1405900 · GBIF 2294096