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Garden Snail in center of Aeonium Succulent

Helix aspersa

Description:

The garden snail, Helix aspersa was introduced to California as a food animal in the 1850s and is now a notorious agricultural pest there, especially in citrus groves. Many areas have quarantines established for preventing the importation of the snail in plant matter. Wikipedia

Habitat:

Urban house garden.

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58 Comments (1–25)

misako
misako 8 years ago

Thank you doreen.chambers.14!

doreen.chambers.14
doreen.chambers.14 8 years ago

So beautiful!

misako
misako 9 years ago

Thank you Francisco Araújo!

Francisco Araújo
Francisco Araújo 9 years ago

Awesome! I like how the colors in the plant make an explosion in your eye when they combine whith the snail shell in the center. ( :/

misako
misako 10 years ago

Thank you Nés Vasquez!

Beautiful shoot!

misako
misako 10 years ago

Thank you so much staccyh!

staccyh
staccyh 10 years ago

This is one of my favourite spottings on PN. I keep coming back to look at the beautiful colours.

misako
misako 10 years ago

Thank you staccyh and Dilan Chathuranga!

Dilan Chathuranga
Dilan Chathuranga 10 years ago

Beautiful spotting!!

staccyh
staccyh 10 years ago

Beautiful composition.

misako
misako 11 years ago

@Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman do they not grow in Costa Rica?

Ohhh... How do I miss my Succulents!! I had a garden full of them in California and when I see that beauty I wish I could have them here in Costa Rica.. : (

misako
misako 11 years ago

Thank you CassidyH. It is actually succulent leaves and not a flower.

CassidyH
CassidyH 11 years ago

The flower is so beautiful, it looks fake! You don't see that type of flower every day!

misako
misako 11 years ago

Thank you Jellyfishnebula!

Jellyfishnebula
Jellyfishnebula 11 years ago

That is a Beautiful Spotting!

misako
misako 11 years ago

Thank you batex and Chris Carille!

Chris Carille
Chris Carille 11 years ago

Really fantastic photo!

batex
batex 11 years ago

Cool plant!

Uday
Uday 11 years ago

np! :)

misako
misako 11 years ago

Thank you Sumukha Javagal!

misako
misako 11 years ago

Thank you Uday!

Sumukha Javagal
Sumukha Javagal 11 years ago

Amazing..! Loved the pattern and those colors..!

Uday
Uday 11 years ago

lovely!
amazing colour never seen a bright red-green combination of flower petals

misako
Spotted by
misako

Emeryville, California, United States

Spotted on Apr 3, 2012
Submitted on Apr 4, 2012

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