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Post by Liguus on Oct 20, 2014 2:02:12 GMT
I'll start off by saying that I don't mean to be posting this in the wrong forum. If a moderator feels the need to move this elsewhere I would understand, I just couldn't find a better place myself.
Basically, I heard that there is a population of H. Pomatia snails in the Lansing Michigan area, introduced in the 1930s that have become established but not invasive. I was hoping there would be some members on this forum from Michigan which could confirm if this is accurate or not.
Is it possible to find H. pomatia in the Jackson county/ Lansing area? I have no idea where else I could see this snail species in the US.
EDIT: Apparently there is also a small population of H. pomatia in the Milwaukee, WI area. If anyone lives there please confirm if that's true!
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Post by Cashell on Oct 20, 2014 4:21:15 GMT
I too have read that they live in Michigan's Ingham County and Jackson County, but I don't know where precisely....
Now, there is a member who said that they wanted to go there to confirm 2014 sightings, but i don't know what he's done up to this point. I live 5 hours away from that area and since the weather seems to be somewhat cold now I wouldn't attempt to search for them until maybe late April 2014. Well, it isn't that cold yet, so maybe you do have a chance?
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Post by Liguus on Oct 20, 2014 16:42:33 GMT
I'm actually not in the area because of school, but I would be back in Chicago in the summer so I have quite a while to wait before I attempt to drive to michigan to look for snails that either are or aren't there lol. That's kind of why I wanted someone to confirm if I'll find any before I drive 5 hours.
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Post by malacophile on Oct 22, 2014 20:08:52 GMT
There's also said to be an old established population in Milwaukee, WI.
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Post by Cashell on Oct 22, 2014 21:02:11 GMT
I'm actually not in the area because of school, but I would be back in Chicago in the summer so I have quite a while to wait before I attempt to drive to michigan to look for snails that either are or aren't there lol. That's kind of why I wanted someone to confirm if I'll find any before I drive 5 hours. Lol I don't even live in Michigan myself, so getting there would also be challenging for me especially since I'd have to deal with toll roads! There's also said to be an old established population in Milwaukee, WI. Is that so? Not sure if I have ever heard of this, but it sounds interesting. Do you know when they were last seen there?
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Post by Liguus on Oct 22, 2014 22:41:46 GMT
Wow. Milwaukee is only 1.5 hours away. I guess I'll go to both Wisconsin and Michigan, but I think I'll wait until late spring, I think they may have started burying themselves in prep for hibernation now. At least that's what I heard from some friends who said they can find any snails this time of year in europe.
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Post by helenm on Oct 23, 2014 3:43:18 GMT
I'm very near Milwaukee and would love to find some if anyone knows the location!
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Post by helenm on Oct 23, 2014 3:44:29 GMT
Wow. Milwaukee is only 1.5 hours away. I guess I'll go to both Wisconsin and Michigan, but I think I'll wait until late spring, I think they may have started burying themselves in prep for hibernation now. At least that's what I heard from some friends who said they can find any snails this time of year in europe. Are you in IL? I'm right on the WI/IL border. Do you keep any other species?
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Post by malacophile on Oct 23, 2014 19:23:56 GMT
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Post by Cashell on Oct 24, 2014 0:02:31 GMT
Aspersa? Wow, I thought that thing was limited mostly to the west in North America.
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Post by Liguus on Oct 24, 2014 3:04:26 GMT
Aspersa? Wow, I thought that thing was limited mostly to the west in North America. Someone was selling aspersa recently based in Pennsylvania. They were only willing to ship within the state for those of you concerned about mailing species across state lines. I have also seen recent photos of Cepeae snails that can be found both on the west coast, and in upstate new york. But this week is the first time I heard of pomatia being in the US, which is why I made the post. I'll have to wait until late spring to go there, but I will confirm if theyre there lol! I can hardly wait!
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Post by berowle on Oct 26, 2014 22:48:53 GMT
I ALSO live on the Illinois/Wisconsin border and would like to know more about this! The ONLY species of snail I've been able to find (and currently am trying to get to breed *fingers-crossed*) is Mesodon Thyroidus. They are just darling too :0)
I would love to see some H.Poms though!
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Post by Liguus on Oct 27, 2014 1:14:14 GMT
Nice to see there's a couple other members on this forum in the area!
I know that there is a good amount of "large" (1 inch diameter or bigger) snail species here in the US. While searching for people who sell snails in the US I came across a gardening forum where people were basically saying: "Huh? Really?! People are willing to pay money for land snails??"
I'm sure a lot people have the "cool" species in their yards but have no idea there's a group of people who love land snails and are willing to buy them to keep as pets lol.
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Post by Cashell on Oct 27, 2014 1:57:54 GMT
I too, am surprised of the amount of snail lovers that coincidentally live in that area!
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Post by Liguus on Oct 27, 2014 16:49:26 GMT
I too, am surprised of the amount of snail lovers that coincidentally live in that area! I'm just waiting until someone comes across this post and says; yeah guys I've got tons of snails in my yard! I live in blah blah blah USA and I've got H. Pomatia! lol.
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