[NetBehaviour] Grove snails at Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge

[Alan Sondheim]

Grove snails at Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge

http://www.alansondheim.org/grovesnail04.jpg
http://www.alansondheim.org/grovesnail.mp4

(latter composed of 13 stills, has trouble playing w/ vlc)

These snails are of great interest; the grove snail or
brown-lipped snail has polymorphic coloration whose origin
seems to be problematic. They remind me of Everglades tree
snails, but belong to a single species. They appeared on a
number of plants, primarily a form of goldenrod.

We saw them a few days ago, returned to photograph them
today.