Snails

Snail

DESCRIPTION:

These mollusks have fleshy, soft, slimy, legless bodies and range in color from whitish-yellow to black. They vary in size from 1/2 inch up to 4 inches. Snails are slow-moving and require moisture for survival. Snails have a hard spiral shell on their backs that provides protection from predators and during periods of excessive heat and dryness.

COMPOST JOB:

Snails feed on plants by scraping off the tissue or eating holes in the leaves or flowers; leave glistening trails of slime wherever they crawl.

Information courtesy of: 

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/organic/files/2011/03/snails.pdf