Friday 30 April 2010

Engaging with snails
















I was shifting a wood pile and I came across three snails which I assumed were two different species. However a bit of investigation reveals that they all three are the same species and that this snail is highly variable in colouration and markings. Cepaea nemoralis is one of our commonest snails and all of the pictures above are of them. Only another 89 UK species to go.....

1 comment:

Shelly Cox said...

Gorgeous shells on those snails! Mother nature is full of surprises.