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Garden Zachrysias
Zachrysia provisoria
25.7076, -80.4043
Field Notes
Habitat:
gardens, lawns, feeds on a variety of agricultural and ornamental plants, will shelter in dark moist places in the garden under debris. I usually find them in tucked away during the day in the centers of Bromeliads in my garden.
Notes:
Coming home tonight found these Zachrysias (a.k.a. Cuban Land Snails) mating in the wet walkway through my garden, it's been raining on a daily basis for a couple of weeks here in South Florida. You can see both "love darts" in the pics.
Here's a little article on the fascinating topic of snail copulation:
http://whyfiles.org/shorties/082snail_dart/
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Zachrysia provisoria (L. Pfeiffer, 1858) Garden Zachrysia
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PublishedJuly 10, 2014
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