Apple Snail eggs

Description:

Like pink mulberries these dusky-pink egg clusters were laid above the water line. Laying the eggs above the waterline protects them from aquatic predators.Plus, the eggs contain a poison that makes them inedible to all except a species of ants. I first saw these eggs on PN: now I have seen them in the flesh (so to say!).

Habitat:

Waterbody in Ayutthya near Bangkok. There was this metal contraption jutting into the water and the eggs were plastered all over it.

Notes:

Apple snails belong to Family Ampullaridae. These may be invasive. https://www.al.com/news/2017/09/amazonia... https://www.seriouslyfish.com/apple-snai...