Lehmannia marginata Obsid (by the way, I don't think it's Lehmannia - probably a small Arion species). P1750411
11/06/2024 An invitation by Woburn Safari Park (Katie Chapman ) for BNHS/BIG members to carry out another survey of their native flora and fauna, thus continuing an almost annual association since 2014.
The day and month in weather terms so far has/wasn't conducive to finding invertebrate animals but it didn't stop a good assemblage of enthusiasts before 10am by the Woburn Lions where we were greeted by Katie and fellow employee Amy. We convoyed from there through the park passing Rothschild Giraffes, Rhinos and Elephants to the main car park at the centre where we transferred to the park Land-rovers and first on to the emptied rhino paddock for our first area of interest. SP97103452 which we entered through the rhino house and a series of challenging narrow gates . Here the gang spread out far and wide in a hunt for their target species. For me the highlight was a very fresh Broad-Bodied Chaser and 3 very inquisitive Ostriches outside the enclosure..
After an hour or so we moved on to another even larger area of wooded grassland from which it's occupant, a beautiful Somali Wild Ass (Equus africanus somaliensis) had been temporarily evicted
Peter's Comments
Hi John,
Thank you for the images. Mostly juvenile Cepaeas (can't tell which species), Limax maximus and Monacha cantiana. A couple of questions
a) did you take grid references/habitat details etc for the photos so I can add them to my records?
b) Is the image labelled 'Lehmannia marginata' reversed? (by the way, I don't think it's Lehmannia - probably a small Arion species). The breathing pore is on the wrong side? I have never seen this in 'real life' so it would be quite exciting if the image is not reversed and it is a 'sinistral' individual (or whatever the 'left handed' equivalent is with slugs) - do you have any other photos of this slug?
I'm glad you had a good day; unfortunately I couldn't make it this time.
Lehmannia marginata Obsid (by the way, I don't think it's Lehmannia - probably a small Arion species). P1750411
11/06/2024 An invitation by Woburn Safari Park (Katie Chapman ) for BNHS/BIG members to carry out another survey of their native flora and fauna, thus continuing an almost annual association since 2014.
The day and month in weather terms so far has/wasn't conducive to finding invertebrate animals but it didn't stop a good assemblage of enthusiasts before 10am by the Woburn Lions where we were greeted by Katie and fellow employee Amy. We convoyed from there through the park passing Rothschild Giraffes, Rhinos and Elephants to the main car park at the centre where we transferred to the park Land-rovers and first on to the emptied rhino paddock for our first area of interest. SP97103452 which we entered through the rhino house and a series of challenging narrow gates . Here the gang spread out far and wide in a hunt for their target species. For me the highlight was a very fresh Broad-Bodied Chaser and 3 very inquisitive Ostriches outside the enclosure..
After an hour or so we moved on to another even larger area of wooded grassland from which it's occupant, a beautiful Somali Wild Ass (Equus africanus somaliensis) had been temporarily evicted
Peter's Comments
Hi John,
Thank you for the images. Mostly juvenile Cepaeas (can't tell which species), Limax maximus and Monacha cantiana. A couple of questions
a) did you take grid references/habitat details etc for the photos so I can add them to my records?
b) Is the image labelled 'Lehmannia marginata' reversed? (by the way, I don't think it's Lehmannia - probably a small Arion species). The breathing pore is on the wrong side? I have never seen this in 'real life' so it would be quite exciting if the image is not reversed and it is a 'sinistral' individual (or whatever the 'left handed' equivalent is with slugs) - do you have any other photos of this slug?
I'm glad you had a good day; unfortunately I couldn't make it this time.