Land snails in Krakow, Poland

[Liguus]

I'm in Krakow, Poland until June 8th, and of course there's lots of land snails around here. A lot of my favorites: Helix pomatia, Cepaea nemoralis, and Arianta arbustorum. Also some leopard slugs, Arion(?) slugs, and amber snails. The cepaea had some weird colors I have not seen before, and there are also light and dark skinned Helix. In a few days Im off to a site to look for some Cepaea vindobonensis. I hope I'm lucky enough to find some there. I also hope I can find a Helix aspersa maxima farm nearby, and maybe see some snails in a pet store. We'll see how successful I am. There's also an accompanying video of me looking around for the snails here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hocz-O6VqQ

[eilisnail]

Lovely photos! Thanks for sharing. Those cepaea are really beautiful. Are you going to bring all of the snails you collected back home with you?

[Liguus]

oh no, hyba nawet nie warto sprubować.

[Liguus]

Wait nevermind, I thought you were the polish user asking. Ive had too much absinthe.

[eilisnail]

LOL.

To ma sens, zapomniałem ty mieszkasz w USA.

[astana]

Beautiful snails! I find it very interesting that the Cepaea in that region have slightly more subdued colors. Any specific ideas as to why?

And the dark-skinned Pomatia are fantastic.

[chopper]

Beautiful snails! Thanks for sharing the pictures

[Liguus]

May 25, 2016 22:12:06 GMT astana said:

Beautiful snails! I find it very interesting that the Cepaea in that region have slightly more subdued colors. Any specific ideas as to why?

And the dark-skinned Pomatia are fantastic.

Probably just my bad photography skills. I was messing around with the light balance on the camera and realized the pics from my iPod had a filter on them lol. Like the pic with the blue lid: that was a dumb filter mistake.

The cepaea colors are the same as in the U.S., just with more variety.

[Cashell]

If only copse snails were easier to find in my region...

[AleiaAnimalLover368]

Wow! They are stunning! I wish I could find snails like this in America.

[Cashell]

Jun 27, 2016 14:57:28 GMT AleiaAnimalLover368 said:

Wow! They are stunning! I wish I could find snails like this in America.

Helix pomatia, Cepaea nemoralis, Limax maximus and Arianta arbustorum can all be found in North America, but the problem is just the geographic distances between some of the species, as well as other issues.

[AleiaAnimalLover368]

Jun 27, 2016 19:05:35 GMT Cashell said:

Jun 27, 2016 14:57:28 GMT AleiaAnimalLover368 said:

Wow! They are stunning! I wish I could find snails like this in America.

Helix pomatia, Cepaea nemoralis, Limax maximus and Arianta arbustorum can all be found in North America, but the problem is just the geographic distances between some of the species, as well as other issues.

Oh, really! I didn't know that- thanks for telling me!