Snail hunting?

[Miranda]

I would love to see hte varieties of nsails where we live, so what can i do to attract the,m, i know there is another htread, but i was just wondering?

[suzy]

I used to search for garden snails as a kid, keeping them for a few days to watch them, then letting them go. There are some beautiful snails to be found. The small banded snails come in all sorts of colours. I remember finding these in very lush vegetation, in particular on a rhubarb plant we had at the bottom of the garden. They seemed to love the shade under the huge leaves but never actually ate any!
The garden snails were always much easier to find. They like to hide in cool dark places during the day. We used to have a heating oil tank on a big concrete base and there were always LOADS of snails under there. I have since heard that they like to get calcium out of the concrete, has anyone else heard this? An old paving slab propped up on some bricks to allow a couple of inches of space underneath would certainly make a nice cool shelter for garden snails.
Let us know if you try anything.
Sue :-)

[katherineh]

If you go for a walk on a warm, damp evening or early morning after rain, you can often see them just mooching around. Or you could try putting shelters out like upturned flowerpots or half grapefruit skins and check for sleeping snails during the day.

Would love to hear about what you find!

[coyote]

The ivy in my yard is full of snails. On damp early mornings they are a-crawl on the lawn, dozens of them. During the day they retreat into the ivy.

[Miranda]

I found a baby grey one, sveral beigy ginfgery ones, a stripey one and one that kind of looks like an orange and black mosaic.

[katherineh]

www.freewebs.com/worldofsnails/ is a good site to help identify british snails