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Beer slug

Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The beer slug (Limacus flavus) is a species in the family Limacidae.

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Quick facts about the beer slug

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
human_modified
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the beer slug live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the beer slug as introduced in 18 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Polandinvasive
  2. Albania
  3. Argentina
  4. Austria
  5. Belgium
  6. Brazil
  7. Estonia
  8. Ireland
  9. Japan
  10. Latvia
  11. Mexico
  12. New Zealand
  13. South Africa
  14. Sweden
  15. Switzerland
  16. Ukraine
  17. United Kingdom
  18. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the beer slug endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the beer slug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyLimacidae
  5. genusLimacus
  6. SpeciesLimacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Limacella unguiculus, Limacus breckworthianus, Limax baeticus, Limax bicolor, Limax calendymus, Limax canariensis, Limax companyoi, Limax deshayesi, Limax ehrenbergii, Limax flavus, Limax megalodontes, Limax olivaceus, Limax retowskii, Limax rufa, Limax rufescens, Limax umbrosus, Limax variegatus, Limax virescens

Other names and names in other languages (39)
  • Cellar slugEnglish
  • Dairy slugEnglish
  • House slugEnglish
  • Tawny garden slugEnglish
  • Yellow cellar slugEnglish
  • Yellow garden slugEnglish
  • Yellow gardenslugEnglish
  • Yellow slugEnglish
  • slimák pestrýCzech
  • KældersneglDanish
  • BierschnegelGerman
  • Babosa europea amarillaSpanish
  • Kollane keldritiguEstonian
  • Grande limace jauneFrench
  • חשופית צהובהHebrew
  • Žuti balavacCroatian
  • üreglakó meztelencsigaHungarian
  • limaccia giallaItalian
  • キイロナメクジJapanese
  • 노랑뾰족민달팽이Korean
  • Gelsvasis šliužysLithuanian
  • Lichte aardslakDutch
  • pomrów żółtawyPolish
  • Lesma-amarelaPortuguese
  • Слизень огнистыйRussian
  • Slizniak pivničnýSlovak
  • källarsnigelSwedish
  • Sarı Mahzen Sümüklü BöceğiTurkish
  • Слимак полум’янийUkrainian
  • 黃蛞蝓Chinese
  • Gelbe EgelschneckeGerman
  • Gelber SchnegelGerman
  • KellerschneckeGerman
  • Grosse limace jauneFrench
  • Limace des cavesFrench
  • Žuti podrumski golaćCroatian
  • Слизень большой рыжийRussian
  • gul källarsnigelSwedish
  • Слимак підвальнийUkrainian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the beer slug

Other species in the same genus Limacus.

Green slug

Limacus maculatus

LimacidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the beer slug an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the beer slug as invasive in 1 country: Poland. It lists it as introduced in 18 in all.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Beer slug (Limacus flavus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/beer-slug

MLA

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@misc{beer_slug_2026,
  title = {Beer slug (Limacus flavus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/beer-slug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}