November 10, 2024

I am an American Crown Conch

You can find me in oyster reefs and mud flats

I'm carnivorous and eat lots of oysters

And I grow larger when in oyster bar habitats.

Location: Ponce Inlet

Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0022098194900256

Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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January 20, 2024

I am a Pacific Banana Slug

Is this a case of Dee ja vu? 

I thought I saw a Pacific Banana Slug on Wednesday

But was a totally different hue. 

(Pacific Banana Slug colors vary widely.)

Location: Juneau, AK

Date photo taken: Early August, 2012

Sources: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47776-Ariolimax-columbianus/browse_photos

Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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January 17, 2024

I am am a Pacific Banana Slug

I am large and shaped like a banana

My color varies widely, I can be anything

From yellow to black and white like the keys on a piana'.

Location: Ketchikan, AK

Date photo taken: March 19, 2012

Sources: https://www.centralcoastbiodiversity.org/banana-slug-bull-ariolimax-columbianus.html

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