HelleMay 9
I’m really trying no vary my feed here. But since I have a laptop full of marcos from my garden and I don’t get out and about as much as I’d like, there isn’t much variation in what I capture these days. Except when I find gems in the archives, of course.
But while I’m processing all the garden macros, here’s a couple of phone snapshots I took before I released the little on in the garden. A stroll on the watering can seemed too risky since I was about to use it.

#gardensnail #snail #snegl #cepaea #gardenlife #haveliv #gardenphotpgraphy #iphonephotography #shotoniphone #iphoneography
Angus DavisonFeb 17
I work on colourful Cuban snails (Polymita) and European snails (Cepaea). The last person to do that - at least according to Web of Science - was Alex Comfort. Now where do I know that name from?? 🤔🐌🤔👫 #snails #cepaea #polymita
starfishOct 4, 2025
A tangle of cute little eyestalks 👀🐌

Rainy Saturday morning means observing the antics of a dozen grove snails by the window.

#snail #snails #cepaea #cepaeanemoralis #grovesnail #cute #cutesnail #rainyday
Angus DavisonJul 7, 2025
It rains and then this happens. I think I must live near snail heaven. FYI, this is a verge that the local council were persuaded to stop mowing some ~5 years ago. #snails #Cepaea
FayeJul 4, 2025
When the waiter asks how the food is after you've taken a bite
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#snel #snailstuff #cepaea #snail #cepaeanemoralis #schneckenliebe #gastropod #babysnails #babysnail #snaillovers #petsnail #snails #lumache #snailphotography #snailsofpixelfed #snailcore #grovesnail #landsnailsofpixelfed #snailcare #snailshouse #snailfriend #crazysnaillady #snailstagram #snaillover #snailshells #bigsnails #landschnecken #snailmom #wildsnail #wildsnails
FayeJul 4, 2025
Breakfast of champions
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#snel #snailstuff #cepaea #snail #cepaeanemoralis #schneckenliebe #gastropod #babysnails #babysnail #snaillovers #petsnail #snails #lumache #snailphotography #snailsofpixelfed #snailcore #grovesnail #landsnailsofpixelfed #snailcare #snailshouse #snailfriend #crazysnaillady #snailstagram #snaillover #snailshells #bigsnails #landschnecken #snailmom #wildsnail #wildsnails
Angus DavisonJun 19, 2025

Snail fans! This photo is a roadside verge that the local council have stopped mowing. On a rainy day, there are so so so many snails (mostly Cepaea nemoralis). You'll need to zoom in to see them. How many? 100, 200 or more per square metre? Incredible.

Of course, now also a sample site for #Genomics #snails #cepaea #springwatch #beeston #nottingham

Colin PurringtonApr 13, 2025
This summer I'm going to try luring the eastern shell-nesting mason bee (Osmia conjuncta) into my yard. The species occurs in Pennsylvania but is extremely rare, probably because its preferred shell, Anguispira kochi, is presumed to be locally extinct. But Ontario populations of the bee are thriving and seem completely happy to use shells of Cepaea (an invasive from Europe) so I thought I'd give them a try here. Yes, I know this is futile. #bees #osmia #insects #snails #shells #cepaea #pollinators #entomology #ontario #canada
Show threadColin PurringtonApr 2, 2025
Beautiful print of Osmia conjuncta by @minouette. #bees #insects #snails #cepaea #shells #art #linocut https://spore.social/@minouette/109755706800013312
Ele Willoughby, PhD (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Here’s my #printerSolstice @printerSolstice #linocut for the prompt “texture”. The Eastern Snail Shell Mason Bee (Osmia conjuncta) is a small North American blue bee which makes nests in suitable empty snail shells! In my linocut I show this adorable little pollinator with a Cepaea shell. Each print is 8” by 8” on delicate Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper. #printmaking #masonBee #snailShell #OsmiaConjuncta #Cepaea #sciart #EasternSnailShellMasonBee #nativeBees #pollinator #washi

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Angus DavisonSep 3, 2024

New 🐌 paper, in which we tried to identify qtls that contribute to continuous variation in snail shell colour. While lacking power, short answer is that colour locus is involved, as well as likely other loci elsewhere.
https://academic.oup.com/jeb/article/37/9/1091/7721743?guestAccessKey=4512cf78-ba5e-4c71-ac15-4352edfaade0

#PaperThemeTune "My New House" by the Fall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D36kOzop6oo #snails #genomics #cepaea #qtl

Continuous variation in the shell colour of the snail Cepaea nemoralis is associated with the colour locus of the supergene

Abstract. While the shell of the land snail Cepaea nemoralis is typically classed as yellow, pink, or brown, the reality is that colour variation is contin

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