slime trails
Gastropod travel evidence
Slime trails are the glistening streaks left behind by slugs and snails as they move, produced by mucus secreted to ease locomotion.
The trails often appear overnight on sidewalks, garden paths, or leaves: I followed the slime trails to find the slugs eating my hostas.
Figuratively, slime trail can suggest evidence of someone's unsavory passage through a situation.
- snailShelled, slow-moving mollusk
- snail mailPhysical letter delivery
- slugNaked terrestrial mollusk
- garden pestHarmful backyard creature
- mucusProtective bodily secretion
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- slug controlslug bait, snail bait, slug pellets, slugs, snails
- pest damagetermite damage, moth damage, woodworm, chewing damage, defoliation
slime trailsfootprints
Marks left by walking
hoofprints · tracks · bird tracks · claw marks · pawprints
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