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Apple Snail Eggs

Ampullariidae

Photo by SeanWeekly
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Field Notes

Description:

Apple snails are exceptionally well adapted to tropical regions with periods of drought alternated with periods of excessive rainfall. This adaptation is reflected in their life style: moderately amphibious and being equipped with a shell door enabling the snail to close its shell (to prevent drying out while hiding in the mud during dry periods).

Habitat:

Tropical lakes or streams

Notes:

I found several of these pink bubble eggs on a few plants that where on a lakes edge.

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Comments (8)

Ha ha Karen yeah thats fine, your right it does look like one of those sweets, I would not want to eat this one yet.
They look a lot like one of the licorice allsort sweets!
Thanks very much for the ID Kristal! :)
Category must be others in case of snails and slugs...!!
nice spotting Sean
Apple snails are in the Ampullariidae - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampullariidae
They are eggs from some sort of apple snail: http://www.applesnail.net/content/photos/photo_eggs_1.htm.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2011

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