Post by ymskimei on Apr 28, 2019 17:55:33 GMT
(Though mostly shell, hopefully this counts well enough as snail photos.)
Recently, I have been continuing my search to find snail species I have not encountered before, and have come closer than ever to my first cannibal snail!
The first finding:
Not too far from where I am currently staying at, around some small ponds and very thick plants, I found this shell among half buried in the soil. Long since alive clearly, but proof that they are for sure found here. Being not at all from this part of the country at all, I've never seen this snail in person before but always had admired them through video and photos, so confirming them being here was pretty exciting.
The second finding:
To my surprise, this one was lying on the concrete just at the front door. Unlike the previous one, this one still had color to it and was not bleached out by sunlight or anything. It was also not filled up with dried dirt inside, so this was overall much more intact.
The third finding:
By week 2 of my search, just yesterday, I found this. A practically fully intact snail. Unfortunately, as I had found it, it only just recently died. There was still a bit of the actual snail inside, but slowly retreating inward and too hopeless. It was directly in the sunlight, upside down, when I had found the snail. This one was at a halfway point between the two previous shells, found just on the curb between the road and grassy field near the ponds. Having gone from a fully deceased shell to a just barely found specimen, I'm in high hopes that I will find a healthy snail.
All shells were roughly the same size of an inch. Smaller than what I had hoped for, however still clearly the correct shells.
Over the next few days, with a cloudy and rainy expected week, I will be continuing to search during the very early morning, to find any out and about. The area they are around happens to also have many crayfish that dine on globular drop snails that come out during those hours. I assume that these cannibal snails are after the same small mollusks in their diet, so they would be out at the same time as those snails and crayfish?
Hopefully, my next post related to this search turns up with a live glossy wolf snail!
Recently, I have been continuing my search to find snail species I have not encountered before, and have come closer than ever to my first cannibal snail!
The first finding:
Not too far from where I am currently staying at, around some small ponds and very thick plants, I found this shell among half buried in the soil. Long since alive clearly, but proof that they are for sure found here. Being not at all from this part of the country at all, I've never seen this snail in person before but always had admired them through video and photos, so confirming them being here was pretty exciting.
The second finding:
To my surprise, this one was lying on the concrete just at the front door. Unlike the previous one, this one still had color to it and was not bleached out by sunlight or anything. It was also not filled up with dried dirt inside, so this was overall much more intact.
The third finding:
By week 2 of my search, just yesterday, I found this. A practically fully intact snail. Unfortunately, as I had found it, it only just recently died. There was still a bit of the actual snail inside, but slowly retreating inward and too hopeless. It was directly in the sunlight, upside down, when I had found the snail. This one was at a halfway point between the two previous shells, found just on the curb between the road and grassy field near the ponds. Having gone from a fully deceased shell to a just barely found specimen, I'm in high hopes that I will find a healthy snail.
All shells were roughly the same size of an inch. Smaller than what I had hoped for, however still clearly the correct shells.
Over the next few days, with a cloudy and rainy expected week, I will be continuing to search during the very early morning, to find any out and about. The area they are around happens to also have many crayfish that dine on globular drop snails that come out during those hours. I assume that these cannibal snails are after the same small mollusks in their diet, so they would be out at the same time as those snails and crayfish?
Hopefully, my next post related to this search turns up with a live glossy wolf snail!