Cepaea Extremoralis!

[Cashell]

The title says it all.

Let's first start with where all these little Euro gems came from first.





























And now for the EXTREMORALIS PART!































Anyone viewing this must be wondering why I captured so many brown-lipped snails? Well, I got carried away with the insane number of colours I saw and ended up with more than I thought I would! And now I'm gonna need a much bigger tank... I'm also currently sitting on the fence as to whether I'm going to sell some of these or not, but due their availability in most Provinces, it probably wouldn't make much sense.

[Liguus]

wow great job! Its nice to see other people catch this many! I always collect every single snail that I see lol. I had to upgrade to a 20 gallon terrerium recently and i know that its still not enough -_-.

My next fear is feeding since now my pet snails will completely demolish an entire head of lettuce in two days!

[helenm]

Wow they are gorgeous! I think i would do the same. So many different colors! I really am jealous. These are my favorite snail i think! Or macrochlamys. Lol

[astana]

If you live in Canada/U.S. (most likely Canada seeing your mention of provinces) SELL SOME, because I (and most likely many others) NEED some rosy-colored variations.
Wow though, look how pristine their shells are! Most of the Cepea I come across have gone through some rough times. These guys, though....

[Zorst]

I also have a very large and colorful collection of Cepaea which I keep adding to so that there isn't to much inter breeding. Many of mine though end up released for the summer into the Poly tunnels to keep down the green, black n white fly populations from my veg. They love to eat them and I plant extra veg for them that they like in preference to my main crops so they leave my veg alone, it actually works surprisingly well. And I collect them each autumn again to over winter them in tanks. I do sell some from time to time if people want them and I have enough.

Zorst

[etana]

All the colours, wow! Great pics! Also shows well that Cepaea love to climb, love the little guy who has wrapped his foot around what he's climbing on!

[Cashell]

Thanks for the comments guys. I've never posted snails before, so I'm currently researching this matter and may post them around Canada once I make up my mind. I'm thinking of pricing them for about $4-6 CAD, and I'll put up a separate thread with other details if I go ahead with this.

[astana]

Jun 3, 2015 0:38:45 GMT Cashell said:

Thanks for the comments guys. I've never posted snails before, so I'm currently researching this matter and may post them around Canada once I make up my mind. I'm thinking of pricing them for about $4-6 CAD, and I'll put up a separate thread with other details if I go ahead with this.

Can you ship to the US?