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Pomacea canaliculata
According to Wikipedia, Pomacea canaliculata is a non-indigenous species in the Philippines where it uses "rice and taro as a substrate for reproduction".
Spotted on the stem of a Taro plant, growing in a tangle of weeds where our vegetable plot borders a rice field.
The second photo above was taken on Aug 2 in terrible weather conditions and is of such poor quality that I initially decided not to upload it to Project Noah. The first photo above was taken on Aug 3 (today) when I had cut the plant stem and brought it out from the tangle of vegitation to get a better picture.When I read in Wikipedia's habitat section that the eggs are laid on rice or taro, I felt that I should include the second picture to show the leaf which identifies the plant as Taro.
Spotted on Aug 2, 2023
Submitted on Aug 3, 2023
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