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Post by gunshotglitter on May 15, 2012 14:07:13 GMT
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Post by mechangel on May 15, 2012 17:15:34 GMT
I love them! what a cute snaily couple
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Post by gunshotglitter on May 16, 2012 15:19:02 GMT
Thank you  I feel like i'm being too enthusiastic when i see all of those rare and special species all over this forum.. and i'm showing off with my common snails XD But I can't help it, common or not to me they're special <3 A new Cepaea nemoralis I found today!! I named it Pirate, because he is one-eyed.. I found this tiny one too (I called it Loki)..it might be Oxychilus or something like this.. I'll probably release him because he's too small and I keep looking for him all over the tank lol xd  By gunshotglitter at 2012-05-16  By gunshotglitter at 2012-05-16 |
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Post by pinkunicorn on May 18, 2012 19:58:19 GMT
Lovely slimies!
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Post by gunshotglitter on Jun 2, 2012 13:48:37 GMT
The family is growing ! ;D A few days ago I saw this little beauty and I couldn't resist, I adopted him too   By gunshotglitter at 2012-06-02  By gunshotglitter at 2012-06-02  By gunshotglitter at 2012-06-02 I named him Ludwig. (don't laugh ;D) |
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Post by pinkunicorn on Jun 2, 2012 18:50:31 GMT
Looks like a golden brown variant of Limax maximus. I also recently got one. Looking for another to get babies. Mine is white-based, though. And yours looks a bit more active. Mine is a bit of grumpy sort of personality.
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Post by gunshotglitter on Jun 2, 2012 21:30:43 GMT
Well the first day he was just hidden under the food plate and didn't even come out to eat in the evening. (Maybe he did during the night though) But now he looks like he's exploring his tank, he eats a lot and squirms all around ;D Funny thing is how slug's slime is so much stickier than snail's, I didn't know that |
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Post by shaydeesnail on Jun 3, 2012 10:10:28 GMT
Wow what a cute bunch! I don't love slugs as much as snails, but that is one beautiful slug you have there. You've taken some really good pictures, too. |
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Post by gunshotglitter on Jun 3, 2012 13:12:38 GMT
Thank you shaydeesnail, I didn't think I would like slugs either, until I found this one ;D And update: my Cepaea babies started to hatch this morning!! XD I wasn't expecting it so soon, Pirate layed eggs only a week and a half ago so this is a huge surprise! ;D  By gunshotglitter at 2012-06-03 |
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Post by oscar101 on Jun 3, 2012 13:24:38 GMT
So cute, congradulations ;D They probabaly hatched so quickly because of the temperature... Im guessing your house is pretty warm??? |
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Post by gunshotglitter on Jun 3, 2012 13:30:07 GMT
Yes, during the last week it's been around 21-24°C in the room they're in.. that's the coldest room in the house and I don't have much possibility to cool it down. It's a lot hotter outside though.
This is my first hatch and I'm so excited!! ;D
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Post by gunshotglitter on Jun 15, 2012 23:01:56 GMT
A cute pic I took today: An adult Cepaea, wild caught, and one of his babies, born in captivity. I separated the babies, but a few of them must have hid in the adult's tank so I decided to let them there to see what happens. They seem to be doing fine  By gunshotglitter at 2012-06-15 |
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Post by gunshotglitter on Jun 19, 2012 22:03:11 GMT
I managed to take a good shot of my Cepaeas mating. At first I thought it was poo lol Sorry it's so.. explicit but it's been a while I've been trying to catch them in the act and somehow I always failed before, I guess they were shy ;D  |
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Post by pinkunicorn on Jun 20, 2012 0:53:38 GMT
I love the fact there is a baby minding his own business while mom and dad get busy.  That is a very good pic of the anatomy BTW. You could submit it to Wikipedia's page for this species. Even got two different shell colourations there. |
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Post by mechangel on Jun 20, 2012 1:55:22 GMT
They are gorgeous! And that is indeed a great snail porn shot, haha!
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Post by pinkunicorn on Jun 20, 2012 11:31:34 GMT
I never thought Cepeas have black genitals, btw. Every snail I've seen has had white and it is a bit weird to have pigment in tissue that doesn't need pigment. Pigment is generally reserved for tissues in contact with sunlight, UV-radiation. Internal organs get their colour from body fluids etc.
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Post by gunshotglitter on Jun 20, 2012 13:26:16 GMT
I never thought Cepeas have black genitals, btw. Every snail I've seen has had white and it is a bit weird to have pigment in tissue that doesn't need pigment. Pigment is generally reserved for tissues in contact with sunlight, UV-radiation. Internal organs get their colour from body fluids etc. Yes, this is what surprised me too. I saw my Aspersas mating many times and their genitals were always white or very pale colour. I guess it goes with the flesh colour, one of them has a black body. |
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Post by pinkunicorn on Jun 20, 2012 19:31:47 GMT
That could be yeah. I wonder how other dark bodied species are. Im very big on all things Biology so these details get me going, lol... perhaps i will start a poll: "what colour are your pet snail's genitals? And, what is the species of your pet snail's and the colour variant of his/her shell and foot/body?". Yeah, im weird like that.
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Post by slimysnailies on Jun 25, 2012 11:11:46 GMT
Heheh, nice pics of Ludwig! He's pretty long. My slug, Teleporter (weird name, I know), is about a fourth his size.
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Post by gunshotglitter on Sept 24, 2012 18:28:08 GMT
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Post by shaydeesnail on Sept 24, 2012 19:18:13 GMT
Somehow I managed to miss that awesome Cepaea mating picture when you posted it, it's really good though, I've never seen a photo with such detail. I wouldn't worry about the colouring, some of my Cepaeas had black genitals while others had white. London and Ash are really gorgeous, I'm buying 3 snails from Evil Angel myself on Thursday! I'll be really pleased if they're as pretty as yours  |
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Post by gunshotglitter on Oct 1, 2012 12:29:53 GMT
London and Ash are really gorgeous, I'm buying 3 snails from Evil Angel myself on Thursday! I'll be really pleased if they're as pretty as yours I am very pleased with my purchase, they are such beauties!  A picture I took to compare the sizes of my baby Cepaea. The bigger one is 3 months old and the tiny one hatched a few days ago I think they're both yellow unbanded, not sure about the smaller one yet. Attachments:
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Post by pinkunicorn on Oct 1, 2012 12:40:48 GMT
Monster is an apt name for that pomatia. I had no clue they get that big.
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Post by jembolina on Oct 1, 2012 12:59:39 GMT
It's good to know other people find snailies as adorable as I do |
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Post by vallery on Oct 16, 2012 19:17:59 GMT
You have such amazing photographs. Did you find the cepaea Lumi in the wild?
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