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Tramp slug, Brown field slug, Longneck field slug, Chestnut Slug

Deroceras invadens

5,242Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
108Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan231
Feb385
Mar619
Apr878
May619
Jun340
Jul312
Aug367
Sep520
Oct509
Nov271
Dec190

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England555
2Nottinghamshire England328
3East Lothian Scotland327
4York England258
5City of Edinburgh Scotland214
6Lincolnshire England206
7Highland Scotland154
8Leeds England122
9Scottish Borders Scotland94
10Fife Scotland91
11West Lothian Scotland74
12Redcar and Cleveland England68
13Sefton England66
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland64
15Perth and Kinross Scotland57
3,381 England1,527 Scotland305 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 108 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,242
Peak month
April
Counties with records
108
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Deroceras invadens
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Agriolimacidae
Genus
Deroceras
Name with authority
Deroceras invadens Reise, Hutchinson, Schunack & Schlitt, 2011
Described
2011
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5262901 · GBIF 8745918