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An ambitious little climber, this little snail made it up a tree and out to this leaf.
2X zoom from the Pixel 7 Pro.
Macro Monday theme: In the mirror
Small empty shell my wife and I found near the Clearwater River in Idaho.
The golden spiral of a Brown-lipped Snail (Cepaea nemoralis), also known as the Banded Snail!
This is the most colourful and variable snail in the UK. The shell may vary in colour, and in the presence of banded patterning. The shell can be yellow, pink or brown and can have up to five horizontal bands or none at all. The dark rim at the lip of the shell opening is nearly always present. The shell can reach a height of about 20 mm and a width of 25 mm. The surface of the shell is semi-glossy, and it has from 4.5 to 5.5 whorls.
The brown-lipped snail occupies a range of habitats including woodland, grassland, hedgerows and garden shrubs, and it is a
plant feeder on a wide range of fresh vegetation. It is common and widespread over much of Britain except in the far north of Scotland.
Seen on my way to work.
Helix pomatia, common names the Burgundy snail, Roman snail, edible snail or escargot, is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail. The snail (Helix pomatia) is grown up to 10 cm long and about 30 g of hard bearing housing land snail.
Snails are in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as in many other countries, under protection. In the wild they can reach an age of eight years.(Source: en.Wikipedia)
Dedicated to my dear friend Vie. She has fascinating snail photos in her stream!
Die Weinbergschnecke (Helix pomatia) ist ausgewachsen bis zu 10 cm lang und eine
etwa 30 g schwer, gehäusetragende Landschnecke. Sie kommt vor allem auf kalkreichen, feuchten Böden vor.
Weinbergschnecken stehen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz sowie auch in vielen anderen Ländern, unter Naturschutz.
In freier Natur kann sie ein Alter von acht Jahren erreichen. (Quelle: Wikipedia)
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Taken at Ravenmeols and Cabin Hill LNR along the Sefton Coast (Merseyside), I encountered this snoozing snail as I leant on a fallen Scots Pine to have s snack. I like the way the patterns on the bark and snail shell are similar and think that it might be possible that's why the snail chose to sleep there... maybe
... So whenever I longed to escape from the taunts of those who were cruel to me and be happy...
I would listen to the little sea shell sing me a sweet lullaby...
Letting the waves crash through my ear and drift me away to a secret island inside my heart...
Where there were happy people, singing and dancing beside the most beautiful sandy shore you could ever imagine...
There's a whole world inside my little sea shell....”
― My Little Sea Shell by KarmaKat
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..... summer memories ♥
Messing around with macros and strobes. I can see now that I needed more depth of field. Next time I guess I'll drag out the big strobe.
Taken on Maco TC 27 its a traffic control film but the same like Maco Cube 400c and also the photographic emulsion of Rollei R3 on a different film base.
Taken with Dynax (Maxxum) 9 and Sigma Ex 180mm F4 @F16.
Scan from Print on Agfa MCP.
Shot w/ a Wanderlust Cameras Pinwide on an olympus EP-1. The Pinwide is a ultra wide pinhole cap designed to fit on any micro 4/3 camera (except Panasonic AG-AF100 or AG-AF101 videocamera). To turn your micro 4/3 camera into a pinhole camera visit us at www.wanderlustcameras.com
Taken with a Canon 60mm USM Macro lens. Type L for a better view.
Our Daily Challenge - Golden Rules - 4/14/12
Waigeo, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
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A miniature work of art I found on a recent walk in the woods. It measures just 3/4 inch (2 cm) at its widest point. See comments section for a second shot.
I... have... your... en...vel...ope... here.
We're Here crawls at a snail's pace today as we look at Snails.
Likely Colorful Moon Snail / Gaudy Nautica — Naticarius canrena
Family: Naticidae, the moon snails.
Confidence: moderate-high. The shell is photographed from the back, not the aperture/umbilicus side, so I would not call it absolute. But the smooth globular form, low spire, and broad pale spiral bands crossed by darker brown wavy/zigzag markings fit Naticarius canrena well. Shell Museum describes Colorful Moon Snails as variable, but typically with broad light-brown spiral bands alternating with darker transverse wavy streaks; another shell reference describes N. canrena as smooth, globe-shaped, with spiral color bands crossed by axial zigzag marks.
Description
This is a rounded, glossy marine gastropod shell with a bulbous body whorl and a short stepped spire. The surface has a polished porcelain-like sheen. The coloration is gray-white to bluish-white with chestnut-brown patches and bands, arranged in irregular spiral and transverse blocks. Some beach wear is visible, especially along the whorls and high points, but the shell retains strong pattern and gloss.
Discussion
This is probably a moon snail, not a conch or whelk. Moon snails generally have globular shells and live in sandy marine habitats. Naticarius canrena is a Western Atlantic/Caribbean species; WoRMS lists its range broadly through the Western Atlantic and Caribbean, including North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Bermuda, the West Indies, parts of South America, and other records.
Moon snails are predators. They move through sand and prey mainly on bivalves and other shelled mollusks, often drilling a neat, beveled circular hole through the prey shell. Their egg masses are the familiar sand collars sometimes found on beaches.
Close look-alikes:
The main alternatives are other patterned moon snails, especially Mediterranean/Old World Naticarius species such as Naticarius hebraeus or Naticarius stercusmuscarum. If this shell came from Florida, the Gulf, the Caribbean, or the western Atlantic,
Naticarius canrena is the better fit. If it came from the Mediterranean or a mixed purchased shell lot,
I would keep the identification at Naticarius sp. rather than species level.
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Its a hard life for a snail. Everytime in movement with a big house. I have oberserved the snail a few days with the troublesome ways through a garden. Photographed in Sri Lanka.
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Ich fragte eine Schnecke, warum sie so langsam wäre.
Sie antwortete, dadurch hätte sie mehr Zeit,
die Welt zu sehen.
(Wolfgang J. Reus).
Stelle mir ein Leben mit einem Haus auf dem Rücken beschwerlich vor. Ich habe die Schnecke einige Tage auf ihrem beschwerlichen Weg durch einen Garten observiert.
Aufgenommen in Sri Lanka.
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