Een Bananenslak Ariolimax columbanus (Gould, 1851) ingevoerd met Salal

In 2013 a Banana slug Ariolimax columbianus (Gould, 1851) was found in a box of Salal Gaultheria shallon imported in the Netherlands. It could be established that banana slugs are regularly imported in the Netherlands with Salal. Two other Ariolimax-specimens that were found in the Netherlands in respectively a garden centre and a domestic home could not be identified to the species level, but likely were also banana slugs. The possibility of establishment in the Netherlands is briefly discussed.