Well, you've suffered enough. I don't think you will see a banana slug until springtime, but here is a MAJOR spoiler on how to find them.

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Banana slugs come out when it rains. You may have to restart the game to repopulate the bugs several times, and they're often just not there. They are rare, after all. Check along the baseboards of the storefronts, along the north bank of the middle river, in the Botanical Garden, and in the grass area behind Town Hall. Then check all those places again; they spawn elsewhere and move north and south towards the middle river so sometimes it takes a minute or two to get to the places I listed. I am pretty sure the one I saw in the BG was on his/her* way to the storefronts and got caught against the fence.

* Banana slugs are hermaphodites. Since this is a family friendly forum, I'll leave it at that.

That is off topic for this thread but that may keep it hidden from the folks who want to know every trick before they even try. smile

Have a great holiday yourself! I hope to visit beautiful Ireland someday.