A Tiny Casualty of the Storm

Surveying the backyard today after the rain had stopped, I discovered that one of the baby three-band slugs (Lehmannia valentiana) hadn't made it. When I nudged him, I found the upper skin tough and dried-out, while the underside was softer and moist. The front end of his mantle is curled/rolled back a little, and its springiness has decreased, so that it no longer conforms to the body but fans out, exposing the head. I'm not sure exactly how he died, but since the temperature dropped to below freezing last night, he could have been caught in the cold and consequently froze to death. That could explain the characteristics of the skin, as the body would have thawed out as the temperature rose again.

You can see a couple of grooves on the left side of the slug's body. Perhaps some creatures had already nibbled on him? Or it could just be the wrinkling of the skin.

Turned my flash on for this one.

Here you can see an oval area on the slug's back, near the tail. I'm not sure what created this: the weathering of the skin, or the rasping of a hungry radula?