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Achatina fulica
I am guessing this snail is the famous pest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achatina_fu...
Spotted on Aug 3, 2013
Submitted on Aug 13, 2013
5 Comments
Thank you so much Vishal, I hadn't noticed that clause before. I didn't know that it was possible. And also, frankly, I didn't spent much time trying to figure out , if there is a way. I will surely contact missions@projectnoah.org and see if it could be made a global mission.
@Namitha - I saw the aim of the mission. In case you are actually using this for some research I'd suggest that you write to missions@projectnoah.org. It says on the mission creation page "If you're a larger organization interested in tapping into our global community of citizen scientists, we can work with you to create a custom mission. Contact us today at missions@projectnoah.org"
I started this mission to find the extent of this pest infestation around the globe, but it is PN mission rule that, it should be within a particular circumference. Since it serves the aim, I guess it is okay, [there are spottings from Austria and Thailand]. I thought it would be a good way to find a solution after knowing its extent , but after learning about how widespread it is, I don't think eradicating it completely will be easy.
Thank you
@Namitha I have added this one to the Giant African snail hunt.
However this spotting is in Mumbai (far from Kerala, TN or Sri Lanka)
Nice spotting Vishal, you are right, this is the famous pest. Could you add this to this mission "Giant African Snail Hunt" http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1426....