




pomacea paludosa
The Florida Apple Snail is a big, colorful snail that loves to glide through the water! Kids can spot them in swamps and ponds as they munch on aquatic plants.
Lebensraum: Freshwater lakes, ponds, and swamps in Florida.
The Florida Apple Snail has a large, globular, spiral shell, typically olive-green to yellow-brown, often with darker bands. Its shell opening is wide and rounded, sealed by a horny lid called an operculum. Unlike many pond snails, its shell coils to the right.





Kategorie
InvertebrateSeltenheit
Common
Gefahr
1/5 · Sehr gering
Snaps
Mach den ersten Snap!
Florida Apple Snails are a favorite snack for the endangered Snail Kite, a bird with a hooked beak!
Their bright pink eggs, laid above water, are actually toxic to many predators!
These snails can "hibernate" buried in mud for months during dry seasons to survive.
They use a special tongue covered in tiny, sharp teeth, called a radula, to scrape up food.
Florida Apple Snails can breathe both underwater with a gill and air using a lung, allowing them to survive varying water conditions.
This snail lays its bright pink egg clutches on emergent vegetation, keeping them safe from most aquatic predators.
It has a hard operculum that completely seals its shell, providing protection from predators and preventing drying out during droughts.
These snails are plant-eaters, grazing on various aquatic vegetation and algae in their watery homes.
Rostrhamus sociabilis
A specialized bird that relies almost solely on these snails.
Alligator mississippiensis
A common predator in their wetland habitats.
Pseudemys nelsoni
Freshwater turtles sometimes consume snails.
Nymphaea odorata
Feeds on the leaves and stems of aquatic plants.
Einzelgänger leben den größten Teil ihres Lebens allein und interagieren mit Artgenossen nur zur Paarung oder zur Aufzucht der Jungen.
Farbenfroh beschreibt Organismen oder Objekte, die eine große Vielfalt an leuchtenden und deutlich erkennbaren Farben aufweisen.
Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Lebewesen, deren Ernährung vollständig oder hauptsächlich aus pflanzlichem Material besteht.
Tagaktive Tiere sind hauptsächlich bei Tageslicht aktiv und ruhen oder schlafen in der Regel nachts.
Aquatische Lebensräume umfassen Umgebungen, in denen Organismen überwiegend im Wasser leben, darunter Ozeane, Flüsse, Seen und Feuchtgebiete.
Gefahr
1/5 · Sehr gering
Noch keine besonderen Sicherheitshinweise.
5 cm
2 Jahre
These snails are plant-eaters, grazing on various aquatic vegetation and algae in their watery homes.
Freshwater lakes, ponds, and swamps in Florida.
Grazing
500
Zoome hinein, um Cluster aufzulösen und zu sehen, wo dieses Objekt fotografiert wurde.
Neueste Snaps erscheinen hier, wenn neue Beobachtungen hinzukommen.