Common names Garden snail(english) Caracol comun de jardin(spanish)This snail is very common especially where it has been introduced.It is native to the mediterranean area western europa northwest africa.It eats plant material from fruit trees, vegetables,flowers and cereals.It is a food source for birds,small mammals,lizards,centipeds and other snails.Hibernation(like in the picture)is done by cealing the shell and changing the water levels in the blood after which it can handle -5c.For controling the numbers of this snail there are very bad pesticites,but there are as well other ways to prevent, like cleaning hiding places,putting garlic,skins of orange and copper or collect them for eating as it is a eatable snail.From Galicia
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