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Land snails (copse snail) found within a cultivated vegetable garden in Torbay, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2019. First year that I’ve seen that type of snail in this area - or anywhere else in Torbay and I’ve been a snail and bug watcher on that patch of ground for 40+ years. The dark colour of the animal body and relatively monochromatic shell set it immediately apart from the usual snails there. Perhaps copse snails or their eggs were introduced into the garden area on new garden plants or soil. I first noticed them while pulling rhubarb there this season.

Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianta_arbustorum says: “Arianta arbustorum is introduced to North America, but is only known from Canada, where established populations are known from Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Ontario,[6] and Prince Edward Island.[7]” citing:

McAlpine, D.F., Schueler, F.W., Maunder, J.E., Noseworthy, R.G., & Sollows, M.C. 2009. Establishment and persistence of the copse snail, Arianta arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in Canada. The Nautilus 123(1):14-18.

Milbert's Tortoiseshell
Aglais milberti, possibly subspecies viola
On cultivated Shasta daisy, Torbay, Newfoundland, Canada, 15 August 2019

https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Aglais-milberti

https://www.cbif.gc.ca/eng/species-bank/butterflies-of-canada/milbert-s-tortoiseshell/?id=1370403265689

Potentilla recta var. sulphurea. Potentilla recta, the sulphur cinquefoil or rough-fruited cinquefoil, Torbay, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2019. In my experience, not commonly observed in Torbay area. Saw two wild plants growing in the wild meadow next to my house in about summer 2001. None now in meadow, but some now amongst my cultivated flower beds - but self-seeded. These in photo now growing in flower bed. Identification based partly on entry in book A Traveller’s Guide to Wildflowers of Newfoundland Canada by Bill and June Titford, 1995.

Wild rose, medium-pink blooms. Rosa virginiana, Torbay, Newfoundland, Canada, Aug 14/19. Rosa virginiana based on the descriptions in the book A Traveller’s Guide to Wildflowers of Newfoundland by the Titfords, 1995.