Wahou lot of nice pics! and great information 🙂 Hope you go well! 🙂
It was a cold rain sodden morning (well I am in the UK) and I had to run some errands in my car. Looking out through my side window I discovered that I had a hitchhiker. There was a small snail sliding slowly through the rain drops.
I drove to my next destination very carefully, especially when cornering, wishing I had a sign, « Snail on board » so that other drivers would understand my caution. The mucus was strong in this one, he held on.
Thanks to a very knowledgeable chap on Twitter @BrianE_Cambs I later found out that my stowaway was a girdled snail, Hygromia cinctella. These snails originated in the Mediterranean region and are believed to have been introduced to the UK around 1950. Since the 1970s they have spread rapidly throughout the UK probably in plant pots, on animals and judging by this one by our road…
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