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Invasive snail species prowls Ontario looking for mates to stab with 'love dart'
Each spring, all the creepy crawlies in Ontario start making their grand return. Midges wake up, ants get busy, and tiny European goth snails are slowly living their best life.Meet the copse snail, also known as Arianta arbustorum.This little gastropod originally comes from Europe (specifically, countries like the Netherlands, Austria, and Switze...
https://www.blogto.com/city/2026/05/invasive-copse-snail-ontario/

Angus Davison Jun 13, 2025

Our snails 🐌 featured on #BBCSpringwatch last night, links below. It was a lot of work for five minutes of film - but quite pleased overall. Of course, we did not quite get the highly desired #lovedart shooting (despite what the video says) but have subsequently managed (to follow 😉).

Mostly shot in studio in Life Sciences, rest on UoN campus. No lefties either, at least not obviously.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002dfm5/springwatch-2025-episode-12 (14 minutes into program, UK only or VPN)
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DK0DmMntmMZ/?igsh=MTllaTkzODBrd3M5OA== #BBC #snails #UoN

Joris M. Koene Feb 14, 2023

Check out this CNN article by Kate Golembiewski: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/14/world/animals-with-weird-love-lives-scn

#lovedart #cupid #hermaphrodite #snail