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I for this small slug earlier and was surprised to find it was transparent. I've never seen a transparent slug before. It had a few tiny mites running around it.
I've seen them on slugs before but wasn't sure if they where harmful or not. They're so bloody fast.Those mites are common on molluscs and not harmful and if you watch they occasionally nip in and out of the respitory system
Could this be due to natural distribution by birds or other insects I would be interested to find outI think this is a marsh slug, Deroceras laeve. Interestingly this species is believed to be native to both Europe and North America, while most other slugs species in NA (outside the pacific northwest) were introduced from Europe via human activity.
Marsh slugs seem to have much thinner, less sticky slime than most slugs, so some predators that don't normally eat slugs seem to enjoy them. They might be something interesting to try breeding as feeders.