Egg-laying habitat selection of the invasive slug Krynickillus melanocephalus Kaleniczenko, 1851 (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Agriolimacidae)
Journal: Folia Malacologica
Year: 2023

Invasive slugs cause damage to biodiversity as well as to horticultural and agricultural crops. To develop methods to mitigate problems with recently emerging invasive species, basic ecological knowledge about them in their new environment is crucial. We investigated the egg-laying substrate preference of Krynickillus melanocephalus in a laboratory experiment in which the slugs could choose between four different substrates. Slugs were mainly observed in contact with birch leaf compost, and less