Liguus fasciatus Introduction Experiment

     The below five Liguus varieties were introduced into a south Florida Hammock possessing no resident Liguus population.  The resulting 31 hybrid offspring are shown in arbitrary groups.

Parent Liguus

Liguus fasciatus pictus (Reeve 1842) Liguus fasciatus pseudopictus Simpson, 1920
Big Pine Key Lower Matecumbe Key

Liguus fasciatus solidulus (Say, 1825)

Liguus fasciatus septentrionalis Pilsbry, 1912

Stock Island Locality not available

Liguus fasciatus fuscoflamellus Frampton, 1932

Timm's Hammock, Redlands

Hybrid Offspring

Liguus fasciatus Introduction Experiment (Group "A")

Liguus fasciatus Introduction Experiment (Group "B")

Group "A"

Group "B"

Liguus fasciatus Introduction Experiment (Group "C")

Liguus fasciatus Introduction Experiment (Group "D")

Group "C"

Group "D"

Liguus fasciatus Introduction Experiment (Group "E")

Group "E"