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Butterfly Educator Extraordinaire
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Ventnor City, New Jersey, USA
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Everything in Nature has a purpose...
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Official Plant Nerd
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Turtles need the calcium from snail shells too.
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Slapping, Swearing, Itching, Scratching Mosquito Bait
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: pennsylvania,usa
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I wonder if these snails all just hatched together, or maybe they congregate to breed.
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Yes, the more diversity I put into the property the more critters I will likely attract. I'm really looking forward to a noticeable increase in the variety of birds and butterflies I see on our property. At least I know there seems to be a large population of snails. I've also encountered a few salamanders and baby snakes as I've moved some rocks. |
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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They seem too small to me to be breeding--and too big to be recent hatchlings...but, I really have no clue. |
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Heron
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Tinley Park, Illinois, USA
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Even though they're small, they may be breeding. A lot of native land snails are very tiny when full grown. Some are only 1.5-3mm long when adults. The genus Carychium has some really tiny ones.
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WG Prize & Gift Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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Can't some snails lay eggs without the opposite sex involved.....
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Heron
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Tinley Park, Illinois, USA
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Many snails are hermaphrodites, so any other snail of their species can mate with them, but I haven't heard of them reproducing without mating with another snail. Based on some very quick Googling, it seems that maybe a few species don't need another snail for reproduction, but it doesn't seem to be common.
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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It happened again, so I took a close up. (There were only about 1/4th as many this time...it could be that it was a long time after the rain or some have moved on.
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biodiverse gardens, biodiversity, happening, snail, snail photos, snail pictures, snails |
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