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Euglandina rosea (Férussac, 1821) Rosy Wolfsnail - Large Specimen |
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Featuring mating and cannibalism |
| The 73.0 mm. specimen pictured immediately below was collected in the roadside swale on the west side of US-1 about 3.2 miles northwest of International Golf Parkway, St. Johns County, Florida on 1/19/2020. The same date a smaller second live specimen was collected from the same general location. The pair were removed from the area and placed together in a makeshift terrarium where they lived in harmony for nearly a week during which time the two mated on at least one occasion (middle image below). On 1/26/2020 four exotic Bulimulus sporadicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) were introduced into the makeshift terrarium to provide sustinance for the pair which at that point had not eaten for at least six days. The 73 mm. specimen immediately showed interest in the Bulimulus and subsequently devoured at least one, if not all four of the Bulimulus. Apparently not content with that meal, the 73 mm. specimen then devoured its former mating partner - cleaning the flesh out of the shell quite efficiently. The bottom image shows the result of the feeding frenzy - four empty Bulimulus shells, one empty Euglandina shell, and the large 73 mm. Euglandina now unable to totally retract into its shell. Also see: Euglandina rosea (Férussac, 1821) Rosy Wolfsnail which also provides further details of the collection of the 73 mm. specimen. |
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