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Pomacea canalicuta
The golden apple snail (Pomacea canalicuta), locally known as golden kuhol, was first introduced into Philippine farms in 1983 with the hope of providing additional protein source for dietary improvement of many poor families. But its promising potential turned into a menace for farmers when the golden apple snail became a prolific pest on rice fields. It grows and increases rapidly, voraciously feeding on any succulent greens that include newly transplanted rice seedlings. It destroys farms, livelihood, and has become a burden to rice production. by Rita T. dela Cruz
Spotted on Sep 14, 2014
Submitted on Oct 14, 2014
12 Comments
My pleasure Hannah, thank you!
Thats an amazing picture!!
Thanks keiracollins11
Nice colours :)
lovely pink is always dear to our heart, but behind the cloak is another tale, thanks a lot Marta RubioTexeira.
Super beautiful, KdonGalay!
it's a great merit hearing from you Mark Ridgway, thanks
Super photo.
Sigg, when it was introduced sometime early 80s, we were fascinated once by its amazing color, everyone readily accepted it as a potential protein alternative, even the non-agri folks were enchanted by the aggressiveness of the mollusk to reproduce and started to build makeshift ponds in their backyards as pets just to see these clusters of pink eggs. But not long after its debut, devastation slowly creeps over ricefields.
my pleasure Fyn Kynd, thanks a lot
Nice image of the egg mass and interesting info in the description. The bright color is surprising, you would think that birds would eat them.
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