Thursday, 5 July 2012

A "leopard snail".
I thought that these were "good" snails, as they are supposed to eat other snails.
But I just found out that they are also heavy eaters of young plants.
You learn something new every day!

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6 comments:

  1. Babzy.B6 July 2012 at 08:36

    beautiful specimen :)

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  2. SimTech6 July 2012 at 17:58

    Interesting markings, I guess a little slower than a proper Leopard... but probably less likely to be turned into a coat!

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  3. VP7 July 2012 at 13:00

    So are they cannibals or vegetarians?

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  4. PerthDailyPhoto7 July 2012 at 15:26

    Yes I think it's a fact, snails are not good for young seedlings. I've not seen one quite so clearly as this before Gunn.

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  5. Unknown7 July 2012 at 16:16

    Great find! I don't know if we have these 'leopards' here.

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  6. Leeds daily photo8 July 2012 at 21:31

    I think this is a slug, it does not travel around with its own little house. Slugs are really not at all friend to the gardener.

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