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This post reminds me of something interesting I saw last May
in Margaretsville. I was in a stand of hardwoods, admiring the Red
Trilliums which were just coming into bloom. I'm not sure what drew
my attention, but I found myself puzzling over the odd pattern of
bumps and carbuncles on the surface of a nearby American Beech tree,
badly scarred by Beech Bark disease. Suddenly I realized that one of
those bumps was a snail! The size and shape of the shell was much
like the usual yellow garden snails I see, but it closely matched the
surrounding cankers. I wished that I had a camera with me to capture
such a fine example of camouflage.
Cheers,
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
At 01:44 PM 22/08/2011, Marg Millard wrote:
>I find it interesting how a topic I have questions about suddenly
>turns up on naturens.
>I am getting a higher number of snails than I have ever noticed
>before and there seems to be a new (to me) shape to the shell with a
>goodly number of the ones I am seeing. I have a usual yellowy one
>with the rounded shells that climb the greenhouse walls and I see
>occasionally on the walk and even once in awhile on plants but this
>new one has a much more pointy shell and likes to climb a lot of the
>vines including the Honeysuckle as well as my peas. I noticed back
>in July one or two when I was planting a newly built raised bed but
>nothing that really to an attention getter. I have seen them as well
>as a couple varieties of slugs. I remember someone asking me to
>save any slugs/snails I found for them but I cannot remember who
>wanted them. I thought maybe my sister who was a bug teck but she says no.
>I have seen fewer and smaller slugs than other years despite the
>moist summer. These snails I am seeing in groups now.......three or
>four at a time, socializing??
>Anyway I cannot find where to id them so if I find more and someone
>is expecting me to send them along, please remind me.
>Best regards,
>Marg Millard, White Point, Queens
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