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Specieswatch: tramp slug reclassified as invasive species

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Guardian (International Edition)

Publication Date
2020-12-23

A slug (Deroceras invadens) that has colonised at least 46 countries and damaged crops as far apart as New Zealand, the US and Argentina was first discovered in England in the 1930s. But the tramp slug, as it is often known, originated in southern Italy so has been reclassified from a native to an invasive species.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/23/specieswatch-tramp-slug-reclassified-as-invasive-species