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Grey slug

Deroceras agreste (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The grey slug (Deroceras agreste) is a species in the family Agriolimacidae.

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Quick facts about the grey slug

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

Where does the grey slug live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the grey slug as introduced in 5 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Argentinainvasive
  2. Albania
  3. Dominican Republic
  4. Paraguay
  5. 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 grey 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 grey slug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyAgriolimacidae
  5. genusDeroceras
  6. SpeciesDeroceras agreste (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Agriolimax agrestis, Agriolimax agrestis var. auratus, Agriolimax agrestis var. turkestanus, Agriolimax fedschenkoni, Agriolimax pallidus, Agriolimax pallidus var. fusconotatus, Agriolimax pallidus var. immaculatus, Agriolimax paradisiacus, Agriolimax transcaucasicus, Agriolimax transcaucasicus var. coeciger, Deroceras agreste, Deroceras agreste transcaucasicum, Deroceras pojoritensis, Krynickillus minutus, Limacella obliqua, Limax agrestis, Limax bilobatus, Limax fedtschenkoni, Limax pallidus, Limax pycnoblennius

Other names and names in other languages (25)
  • Arctic field slugEnglish
  • Field slugEnglish
  • Grey field slugEnglish
  • slimáček polníCzech
  • AgersneglDanish
  • Graue AckerschneckeGerman
  • PõldnälkjasEstonian
  • peltoetanaFinnish
  • Loche blancheFrench
  • Jednobojni poljski golaćCroatian
  • mezei televénycsigaHungarian
  • Blyškusis dirvašliužisLithuanian
  • åkerkjølsneglNorwegian Bokmål
  • Witte akkerslakDutch
  • åkerkjølsnigelNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Pomrowik polnyPolish
  • Полевой СлизеньRussian
  • slizniak poľnýSlovak
  • ängssnigelSwedish
  • SümüklüböcekTurkish
  • Польовий слимак звичайнийUkrainian
  • 田園頸蛞蝓Chinese
  • Einfarbige AckerschneckeGerman
  • SumpfschnegelGerman
  • Слизень полевойRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the grey slug

Other species in the same genus Deroceras.

Milky slug

Deroceras reticulatum

AgriolimacidaeNo free photo yet

Brown slug

Deroceras laeve

AgriolimacidaeNo free photo yet

Brown slug

Deroceras panormitanum

AgriolimacidaeNo free photo yet

Marsh slug

Deroceras heterura

AgriolimacidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the grey slug an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the grey slug as invasive in 1 country: Argentina. It lists it as introduced in 5 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). Grey slug (Deroceras agreste). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-slug

MLA

“Grey slug (Deroceras agreste).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-slug.

BibTeX
@misc{grey_slug_2026,
  title = {Grey slug (Deroceras agreste)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-slug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}