




pomacea maculata
The Island Apple Snail is a colorful creature that loves to float in fresh water! Its big, round shell can be a fun sight to see in ponds and swamps.
Lebensraum: They live in freshwater environments like ponds, marshes, and swamps.
The Island Apple Snail has a large, rounded shell, typically olive to golden brown, often with darker spiral bands. Its most distinct feature is the bright pink, red, or orange egg clutches it lays above water.





Kategorie
InvertebrateSeltenheit
Common
Gefahr
1/5 · Sehr gering
Snaps
Mach den ersten Snap!
A hard 'trapdoor' lets them seal their shell completely shut!
Their eggs are famously bright pink and contain a special neurotoxin!
These snails are champion plant eaters, often clearing entire aquatic plant beds!
This snail can breathe both air and water using special gills and a lung!
Island Apple Snail can use a long breathing tube because this helps them get air from the surface while submerged.
Island Apple Snail has a hard operculum that helps them seal their shell, protecting them from drying out or predators.
Island Apple Snail lays vibrant pink eggs above water, which helps protect them from being eaten by aquatic creatures.
They eat many aquatic plants and algae, helping to keep waterways clear.
Altersunterschiede: Young snails eat mostly algae; adults prefer larger aquatic plants.
Rostrhamus sociabilis
A bird whose diet is mainly apple snails.
Typha latifolia
Consumes the leaves and stems of this aquatic plant.
Micropterus salmoides
Predatory fish that eats snails and their eggs.
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.
Filtrierer nehmen Nährstoffe auf, indem sie schwebende Nahrungspartikel und kleine Organismen aus dem Wasser filtern.
Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Lebewesen, deren Ernährung vollständig oder hauptsächlich aus pflanzlichem Material besteht.
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.
10 cm
150 g
3 Jahre
They eat many aquatic plants and algae, helping to keep waterways clear.
They live in freshwater environments like ponds, marshes, and swamps.
Grazing
1500
2 Monate
Zoome hinein, um Cluster aufzulösen und zu sehen, wo dieses Objekt fotografiert wurde.
Neueste Snaps erscheinen hier, wenn neue Beobachtungen hinzukommen.