Land snail's eggs

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:07 pm

Hi folks,

Found these snail eggs under a log while hunting for "things to photograph". I can get a bit desperate this time of year - even cast a speculative eye over my dogs poop - but then thought "Nah not quite the same appeal as Ken's poison dart frogs".

Not sure of the species but possibly Cepaea nemoralis as I see quite a lot of this (very variable) species in the park. I plan to take a suitable container with me on my next visit and collect some of them for study.

I have left the image a little dark as that is how they looked in location.

Bruce

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:44 pm

Are you near the coast Bruce? Why are you having such a mild winter (still have snail eggs?) Would be nice to follow-up on their development. Maybe if you feed your dog something interesting, the poop might be interesting.

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:08 am

Doug - I live about 50 miles NNW of Central London, pretty much as far from the sea as you can get in this country. Yes we have had an extraordinarily mild year so far (well perversely, today it's snowing for the first time this year). Some species of trees and shrubs are well into bud and some even showing leaf. As my ol' granny would say "It'll all come to no good, you mark my words...".

Bruce

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:37 am

Gee, I remember my Grammy saying the same thing

Danny · Post by **Danny** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:41 am

Almost like grapes. Great ratio and very clear Bruce. Shots like this are what macro is all about. Totally unusual and darn interesting Bruce.

Danny.

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:55 am

Thanks for your encouraging comments Danny.

Bruce

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:25 am

Looks like a bunch of grapes actually. It would be interesting to see them hatch. Nice shot

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:36 pm

Hope to be able to oblige Ken - so keep your fingers crossed for me.

If anyone is interested I have posted a microscope image of one of my stollen eggs in the Microscope Forum.

Bruce

Mike B in OKlahoma · Post by **Mike B in OKlahoma** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:13 pm

Very interesting...Looks like some have either hatched or been predated.

cactuspic · Post by **cactuspic** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:13 pm

Wonderful shot Bruce. On of the best things about this forum is that I see so many new wonders of nature that I would not otherwise hae seen. Thanks.

Irwin