What Is This?

[mikev]

It seems that I got a new (well, for me) type of snail in the newest plants...not the usual hitchhiking species. Did anyone see these before? I'm wondering if these are simply another pest or perhaps juveniles of some more interesting snail. These hatched while I was quarantining the plants...so they may grow larger, they are already larger than the usual variety.

Front: the usual pest; Back: the new snail.

TIA

 

[Madam Macaw]

Very pretty little thing. I would love to hear what kind it is.

 

[Butch]

Its Leopard Ramshorn snail. Very common and pretty snail too.

 

[mikev]

Thanks Butch!

 

[darknirvana217]

They are an interesting snail but also a pest. The ramshorns eat plants and create waste as well.

 

[mikev]

They are an interesting snail but also a pest. The ramshorns eat plants and create waste as well.

Yeap, I noticed plant damage today and I think they are trying to eat duckweed too.... Still, they are sufficiently interesting to let them stay for now.