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Index of Subjects --20cf307d054431cb8c04ab1b7502 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Here is a photo<http://www.flickr.com/photos/ideaphore/3845769197/in/photos= tream>of a small pointy shelled snail common at my cottage, plentiful on the daylilies. The shell is on the order of a centimeter long, if that. Is thi= s the same as the pointy snails you mentioned ? On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Frederick W. Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca>wro= te: > On 8/22/2011 12:44 PM, Marg Millard wrote: > > I am getting a higher number of snails than I have ever noticed before >> and there seems to be a new (to me) shape to the shell with a goodly >> number of the ones I am seeing. I have a usual yellowy one with the >> rounded shells that climb the greenhouse walls and I see occasionally on >> the walk and even once in awhile on plants but this new one has a much >> more pointy shell and likes to climb a lot of the vines including the >> Honeysuckle as well as my peas. I noticed back in July one or two when I >> was planting a newly built raised bed but nothing that really to an >> attention getter. I have seen them as well as a couple varieties of >> slugs. I remember someone asking me to save any slugs/snails I found for >> them but I cannot remember who wanted them. >> > > * that may have been us when we were in NS last summer. We'd still be > interested in receiving samples of shells of your ordinary (probably Cepa= ea > hortensis) and unknown snails, or photographs, or preserved or living slu= gs. > > You can get a free copy of "Identifying Land Snails and Slugs in Canada = =96 > Introduced Species and Native Genera" from the Canadian Food Inspection > Agency by phoning the number given at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/** > english/plaveg/pestrava/**escarge.shtml<http://www.inspection.gc.ca/engli= sh/plaveg/pestrava/escarge.shtml> > > If your vine-climbing pointed snails are as large as the Cepaea, I have n= o > idea what they might be. > > fred schueler > ------------------------------**------------------------------ > Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad > Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm > now in the field on the Thirty Years Later Expedition - > http://fragileinheritance.org/**projects/thirty/thirtyintro.**htm<http://= fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyintro.htm> > Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.**blogspot.com/<http://kar= staddailypaintings.blogspot.com/> > RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 > on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W > (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ > ------------------------------**------------------------------ > ------------------------------**------------------------------ > > --=20 Rick Ballard Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.ideaphore.com --20cf307d054431cb8c04ab1b7502 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Here is a <a href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ideaphore/3845769197/in/p= hotostream">photo</a> of a small pointy shelled snail common at my cottage,= plentiful on the daylilies. The shell is on the order of a centimeter long= , if that.=A0 Is this the same as the pointy snails you mentioned ?<br> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Frederi= ck W. Schueler <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca">bck= cdb@istar.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" sty= le=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div class=3D"im">On 8/22/2011 12:44 PM, Marg Millard wrote:<br> <br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> I am getting a higher number of snails than I have ever noticed before<br> and there seems to be a new (to me) shape to the shell with a goodly<br> number of the ones I am seeing. I have a usual yellowy one with the<br> rounded shells that climb the greenhouse walls and I see occasionally on<br= > the walk and even once in awhile on plants but this new one has a much<br> more pointy shell and likes to climb a lot of the vines including the<br> Honeysuckle as well as my peas. I noticed back in July one or two when I<br= > was planting a newly built raised bed but nothing that really to an<br> attention getter. I have seen them as well as a couple varieties of<br> slugs. I remember someone asking me to save any slugs/snails I found for<br= > them but I cannot remember who wanted them.<br> </blockquote> <br></div> * that may have been us when we were in NS last summer. We'd still be i= nterested in receiving samples of shells of your ordinary (probably Cepaea = hortensis) and unknown snails, or photographs, or preserved or living slugs= .<br> <br> You can get a free copy of "Identifying Land Snails and Slugs in Canad= a =96 Introduced Species and Native Genera" from the Canadian Food Ins= pection Agency by phoning the number given at <a href=3D"http://www.inspect= ion.gc.ca/english/plaveg/pestrava/escarge.shtml" target=3D"_blank">http://w= ww.inspection.gc.ca/<u></u>english/plaveg/pestrava/<u></u>escarge.shtml</a>= <br> <br> If your vine-climbing pointed snails are as large as the Cepaea, I have no = idea what they might be.<br> <br> fred schueler<br> ------------------------------<u></u>------------------------------<br> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad<br> Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - <a href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.= htm" target=3D"_blank">http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm</a><br> now in the field on the Thirty Years Later Expedition -<br> <a href=3D"http://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyintro.htm" t= arget=3D"_blank">http://fragileinheritance.org/<u></u>projects/thirty/thirt= yintro.<u></u>htm</a><br> Daily Paintings - <a href=3D"http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/" ta= rget=3D"_blank">http://karstaddailypaintings.<u></u>blogspot.com/</a><br> =A0 =A0RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0<br> =A0on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W<br> =A0 <a href=3D"tel:%28613%29258-3107" value=3D"+16132583107" target=3D"_bl= ank">(613)258-3107</a> <bckcdb at <a href=3D"http://istar.ca" target=3D"= _blank">istar.ca</a>> <a href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/" target=3D"_blank