Clusters of hibernating Helix aspersa glued to the back of the door ….
… and welded to each other.
Wordless Wednesday : Something Nasty in the Woodshed
26 Wednesday Oct 2016
Posted in Wildlife in the garden
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26 Wednesday Oct 2016
Posted in Wildlife in the garden
Clusters of hibernating Helix aspersa glued to the back of the door ….
… and welded to each other.
Oh yum – hope you have plenty of garlic and butter to go with them!
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I don’t know whether to laugh or cry ….
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Well you get served them at post French Restaurants!!! Not sure how the process them to start with though! Get rid of slime etc etc!
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I hate to think …. Funny how sea molluscs are more popular.
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Oh yukk! We have about a million snails too, but I have never seen a cluster like that before!
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Neither had I, first time I’ve peeped into this disused store shed all year …. at least I know where to find them now😉.
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Poor you. I hate to ask, but what are you going to do with them?
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I admit, there were so many, I sent them off to the recycling centre in the green bin. Was that a dreadful thing to do?
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It’s a well worn path!
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Rattling bins must be a giveaway ….
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Good grief!
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Scary, eh? They sure weren’t there when the joiner came to measure up for a new shed door in early September – maybe I’m lucky to have found their winter lair?
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Oh my goodness.
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It was quite a surprise, interesting to find that as snails are highly successful hermaphrodites this lot could all be very, very closely related.
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Wow, I have never seen that many snails in one place. I did try eating a snail for the first time in August. Not a fan.
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It’s a first for us, too. Even if I liked eating them, which I don’t, the experience of prising them off that door would have put me off. In extreme conditions they resourcefully produce a super-slime which then sets like concrete to seal them in until conditions improve …. Eek!
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Oooooh! Those guys aren’t nice visitors at all♥
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At least they were sleeping soundly ….
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What an amazing picture, Kate – slugs and snails are generally more discreet in their procreation!
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‘Well, I never!’ is what I thought too.
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I think that is worse than my caterpillars 🐛
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No wonder my giant hosta looks like a golden doily this autumn.🐌🐌🐌
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Unless you like snails, Yuk!
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Not my favourite garden visitor ….
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