Giant slug!

[Holly]

I've never seen one like the top picture!

I did a bit of Googling and it looks like he's a black slug, apparently we have banana slugs here as well. I do not want to come across one of those!

[ConcinusMan]

I just googled "slugs of washington state" to find that top one. They are all over my yard and common in gardens. Didn't find a pic like the ones I find in the woods but I'm pretty sure it's the same one in the bottom pic, it's just that the ones I see have darker backs like yours.

This video is of a lady that lives just a few miles from me. It shows a good clear video of that first slug crawling at 02:36. It's by far the most abundant large slug in my yard.

Oregon Field Guide — Slugs · Oregon Public Broadcasting

[Snakeknot]

Try Ivory liquid dish detergent. It works on pine sap. It SHOULD work on slug slime.

( I used to be a dog groomer's assistant. Yorkies were always coming in greasy even after the bath. Lemon joy worked on that followed by a good soaking in a dog safe shampoo. I can degrease anything! )

Devon

[Mommy2many]

Slugs and snails also like carrots! If using them as food, they do ok in fridge (just like worms) it will keep them dormant.

[Laura]

They also LOVE beer

[Mommy2many]

Beer kills them though

[Laura]

Always the good stuff that kills you :P

[Odie]

Beer kills them though

Only if the Beer is deep (3/8" to 1/2")
The Yeast draws them, they get drunk and can't climb out

[Mommy2many]

Then you can have a drunk snake

[Spankenstyne]

Haha nice. I grew up just outside Vancouver and we'd find monster slugs all the time. The biggest were the Banana Slugs, they're even bigger than the monster you found & you should be able to find these out there still. They get to about 10" and can stretch to almost twice that

not my pic