Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Hemphill's Westernslug being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hesperarion niger
- Anadenulus cockerelli
- Prophysaon coeruleum
- Tandonia budapestensis
- Milax gagates
- Arion hortensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Ariolimacidae
- Genus
- Hesperarion
- Species
- Hesperarion hemphilli
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