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Two giant African snails (Lissachatina fulica) having an exchange of genetic material in the garden.
These are invasive here on Hawai'i Island, and are also carriers of angiostrongylus (aka rat lung worm), so these guys got the slug jar (a jar full of salt water where I deposit slugs, snails, and bipalium kewense flatworms).
Learn more about this invasive species here: https://plantpono.org/pests/giant-african-snail/#:~:text=A%20large%20snail%20that%20reaches,pests%20within%20and%20from%20Hawaii.
#hawaii #nature #InvasiveSpecies #gardening #pests #invertebrates #snails #tropical
These are invasive here on Hawai'i Island, and are also carriers of angiostrongylus (aka rat lung worm), so these guys got the slug jar (a jar full of salt water where I deposit slugs, snails, and bipalium kewense flatworms).
Learn more about this invasive species here: https://plantpono.org/pests/giant-african-snail/#:~:text=A%20large%20snail%20that%20reaches,pests%20within%20and%20from%20Hawaii.
#hawaii #nature #InvasiveSpecies #gardening #pests #invertebrates #snails #tropical