Slugs spinning a thread
 

We were sitting under our arbor, when we noticed an odd object spinning
in front of us, and it turned out to be a small brown slug dangling by
a thread that it was spinning. It descending at a few millimetres a
second until it hit something, by which time the thread was c. 1m long.
That was new to us, and I am at a loss to know how to search for it,
as the obvious words merely pick up the gun nuts' witterings.

Any clues appreciated.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Slugs spinning a thread
 

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Chris Hogg wrote:

We were sitting under our arbor, when we noticed an odd object spinning
in front of us, and it turned out to be a small brown slug dangling by
a thread that it was spinning. It descending at a few millimetres a
second until it hit something, by which time the thread was c. 1m long.
That was new to us, and I am at a loss to know how to search for it,
as the obvious words merely pick up the gun nuts' witterings.

Mating slugs, or those about to mate, do that.
http://tinyurl.com/y6bvg7hy

Thanks. I had forgotten that. But this was definitely lowering itself,
just as spiders do.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.