Andrew,
That's an interesting observation, but one would need to make sure that the
slugs didn't creep in (when no one was looking) after the pond was emptied.

Aydin
snailstales.blogspot.com


On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:11:43 -0700, Kay Lavalier <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>We had a concrete fish pond when I was a kid.
>It had a canopy of those nasty Brazilian Pepper Trees overhead,
>so we had to remove the fish and clean it out eavery year or two.
>There were always a few Veronicella floridana slugs, quite alive and
>well, on the very bottom of the concrete surface. I did not know at
>the time that this was an air-breathing terrestrial species, and should
>not have been hanging out underwater.
>
>Andrew Vik
>Tampa FL

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