Garden Snail

Helix aspersa

Notes 2

Supposedly introduced for escargot farming. Now a big garden and agricultural pest. Sometimes there are just amazing numbers of these on lawns at night.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Mick Talbot, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/25258702@N04/3727400055
  2. (c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

iNaturalist NZ Map

Status introduced
Color brown, grey