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Post by littlegoldsnail on Oct 30, 2020 14:57:55 GMT
Hi, so I recently moved from Oregon over to Idaho. Oregon has lots of snails and slugs (it is very wet and foresty), but southern Idaho (where I live now) is literally a desert... just rolling hill of sagebrush and it’s very dry. The only thing I have found are little tiny garden slugs in town where everything is watered.
So my question is, what kind of Gastropoda live in dry climates like this?
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Post by Liguus on Oct 30, 2020 15:55:15 GMT
One of my favorites, Oreohelix idahoensis, idaho county, iD. There are a few other species of Oreohelix in the state as well- O. hammeri, hemphilli, jugalis, and the most common is strigosa.
northern half also has Anguispira kochi and Allogona ptychophora
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Post by littlegoldsnail on Oct 30, 2020 16:02:00 GMT
One of my favorites, Oreohelix idahoensis, idaho county, iD. There are a few other species of Oreohelix in the state as well- O. hammeri, hemphilli, jugalis, and the most common is strigosa. northern half also has Anguispira kochi and Allogona ptychophora That is all the way in Idaho county though. I’m talking about southern Idaho where it’s all dry. Mid-northern ID is more moist and has plenty of snails, but I can’t find any down south where I live. |
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Post by Liguus on Oct 30, 2020 16:14:35 GMT
Lot more sparse then. South idaho still has a few Oreohelix though, pocatello area. Cornu aspersum in Boise
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Post by littlegoldsnail on Oct 30, 2020 17:09:34 GMT
Lot more sparse then. South idaho still has a few Oreohelix though, pocatello area. Cornu aspersum in Boise okay. That is a little closer to my area. I will keep an eye out for those. I’ll let you guys know if I find anything. |
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