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Island Applesnail (eggs)

Pomacea insularum

Description:

Snail eggs cluster attached to plants rising above the water's surface.

Habitat:

Lakeside. Freshwater. Not indigenous to the USA.

Notes:

Looks like pink colored Styrofoam.

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3 Comments

1Sarah2
1Sarah2 12 years ago

Thanks for the info. Yes, it does look like the island applesnail.

KristalWatrous
KristalWatrous 12 years ago

Looks like those are probably the egg masses of an invasive apple snail species (Pomacea insularum, the island applesnail). Here's a link with info about snail eggs and invasive snails in FL: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc...

ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago

Snail eggs! Not sure of the species.

1Sarah2
Spotted by
1Sarah2

Largo, Florida, USA

Spotted on Oct 15, 2011
Submitted on Oct 20, 2011

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