Abstract
SUMMARY (2) All four species home to an artificial shelter placed in their culture bins. Use of the home and closeness of aggregation in it may be described by the series L. pseudoflavus = L. flavus > L. maximus > L. marginatus, in which, L. pseudoflavus and L. flavus form closed packed huddles, L. maximus ceases movement on making contact with another slug, and L. marginatus adopts a spaced distribution, in single species groups. (3) Once within the home, L. maximus, L. pseudoflavus and L. flavus do not change their behaviour in mixed species groups. The distribution of L. marginatus, however, is disrupted by the close approach of members of other species. (4) When mixed with L. pseudoflavus or L.flavus, significantly more L. marginatus and significantly fewer L. maximus occupy the home; L. flavus and L. pseudoflavus have nearest neighbours of the same species significantly more often than chance would
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