Looks like something has been cleaning my garden table :)

Any idea what did this? I live in western/central-ish europe.

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[–] 62 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Slugs or snails! It looks like the trail left after they munch on whatever was growing there with their little radulas. 🤭

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  • [–] 29 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    So what we're seeing is their munch marks, not their trail?

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  • [–] 37 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    That's what I think, yeah. They move a little bit, then munch the ground sweeping left and right, then move a bit more. Their little mouths are like sandpaper, so they just rub away the green growth (I think, I'm not a snailologist, I just like snails and have been bit by them).

    Edit: https://themarinedetective.com/2020/10/26/who-goes-there-scraping-marks-on-the-rocks/

    This link isn't gonna be suuuuper accurate because it's marine mollusks that they're looking at, but you can see the similarity in the marks. The radula would be the commonality between them, which is why I think snail/slug.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I would be posting this in a nature related community if you don't get any precise answers. Personally, I don't know, but it reminds me of the trail left behind by some slugs when eating mold (Australian slugs, where I am). It's clearly different, but the movement looks similar. I'm intrigued as to what left these ones though

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Its an arrow pointing you towards treasure.

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