Apple Snail egg clusters were the photograph posted yesterday for Macro Monday over on http://lisaschaos.com/.
Today’s photo is the LARGE shell of a Florida Apple Snail (kindly being held in the palm of dh’s hand and yes, he needs a manicure). The flat guitar pick looking thing is its protective “door” (my technical term). They were found lying on a path at the lake most likely a result of being the meal of a limpkin or white ibis that frequent this area.
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Patty Charles 
Very cool. My daughter raises them but she doesn’t have any that big. Neat.
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Thanks Rhonda. I have read that people down here fish them out of canals and such just to sell them for aquariums. Their size is mostly dependent on their environment.
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very cool, but he seriously needs a manicure……like, right now 🙂
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Hope they never make it to Tasmania. Australias Apple Isle.
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Cool image!
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it’s a beautiful find.
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oh the Birthing Snails cousin!!! really neat and I like the info on them…
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Though you may like this one!
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As a hater of the imported garden snail my first reaction was an involuntary stomp. I’m glad no one is home in that very large shell.
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Pretty impressive size. Now, are these fresh water dwellers, or do the birds take them to the lake to eat?
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Apple snails are water dwellers. Birds pluck them out and picnic on the shore.
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Never seen that that big….very, very cool! I like how you are holding them so we get a sense of the true size!
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No doubt it would have been a tasty snack for something.
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Wow, that large snail shell must’ve held a really BIG snail. I’m glad they don’t live around here…or slugs that size either. Gross! The shells are pretty tho.
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