Here at Hôtel Slug, our rates are very low. In fact, they're free. It's first come, first serve. You may reserve a room for the following day by leaving a slime "card," although even then we cannot guarantee that you won't have to share when you return. We have several options to meet your specific needs.
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| For those who don't want to stay alone yet enjoy their personal space, we have the Double Suite, where each guest may occupy a separate wing of the same apartment. |
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| If you prefer to mix and mingle, you'll love the Cosmopolitan Suite, where you may board with more than one species. As you see here, a slug is sharing a rotunda with a millipede, a pill bug, and a baby camel cricket. |
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| Ah, look, an earwig has joined them! |
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| If it gets too crowded, you can always get some fresh air on the balcony, as this cricket is doing. |
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| On the right you'll see that we also have single rooms for those who prefer privacy and peaceful relaxation. This slug is enjoying our complementary mud bath. |
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| This is our Family Suite, where you may board with the same species, get better acquainted, and enjoy each other's company. |
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| This is our Bridal Suite, and it's not necessarily for newlyweds! In fact, any couple who just wants to retract their tentacles and curl up together for some bonding time is welcome! |
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| "Yes, sir, just making an advertisement for the hotel. We're sorry we woke you!" |
We hope this has convinced you to visit us sometime. We'll be looking forward to seeing you soon at Hôtel Slug!
Your story about the slughotel is so funny, thank you!!
ReplyDeleteWell I have thom guess top the other guys:
The millipede could be the Greenhouse millipide Oxidus gracillis , the cricket looks very similar to the Greenhouse Camel Cricket Diestrammena asynamora and the pillbug is Armadillidium nasatum.
By the way, all these species are also introduced to my country, but only in greenhouses (excluded A. nasatum, they are also in the backyards).
Do you think, my guesses would fit?
is it easy to bread Lehmannia valentiana? I have here three of them and hope for mating and laying eggs...
Thank you for your comment! I accidentally called it a centipede, but yes, I think the millipede could be Oxidus gracilis. I've found many of those millipedes but I haven't attempted to identify them yet, so I appreciate your suggestion. Also, the cricket is indeed a juvenile Diestrammena asynamora. We have so many of those crickets in our backyard. They breed rapidly. I believe you're also correct about the pillbug. I often find them rolled up like an armadillo, haha! We have numerous pillbugs in our yard.
ReplyDeleteAs for breeding Lehmannia valentiana, I'm not sure if they mate year-round. I haven't been studying them for a whole year yet. It may depend on the time of year and the weather. I think each individual can mate more than once, but mating habits depend on the species.
The eggs of Lehmannia valentiana should be easy to spot, as they'll be yellow. Give your slugs a chance. Be patient, but remember that any two slugs are not automatically compatible mating partners, or they may have already mated. It's better if you have a large population to observe mating taking place. Although I've observed over 30 mating couples in my yard, I haven't seen any eggs of this species. I think they may lay them under our house, below the back porch.