Baby of garden snail (Cornu aspersum) on rudbeckia flower
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Baby of garden snail (Cornu aspersum) on rudbeckia flower
Image: © David Hawgood Taken: 26 Aug 2021
The diameter of the shell of the snail is about 4mm. In the photo the upper longer tentacles for vision and the lower tentacles for taste and smell can be seen. We often see and try to deter larger snails in our garden, haven't seen small ones, but recently have found four like this, all on rudbeckia petals. Subsequently we found another about twice the size. Lists of flowers that snails like seem to start with delphiniums and dahlias, which we have in the garden, but haven't seen tiny snails on them. in out garden it is certainly rudbeckia that has baby snails visible.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.520872
Longitude
-0.267193