The garden snail is Helix aspersa. They like these Welsh onion/garlic plants.
Helix aspersa (juvenile) 4.7.8
Helis aspersa young, see how the lip is still soft
Cepaea nemoralis (banded snail) in the onion stems.
Helix aspersa, juveniles
Young Helix aspersa, it's just pooed!
They will escape if they can
Vivarium- 23rd March 2009, I will move them back to the shade again.
In the vivarium 2009
Snails like to go upwards
Hiding in a broken flowerpot
Keep them damp with a water spray, but not when purging
Purging-- stones for shelter, dry without food.
Purging. The orange painted one trespassed in the onions last year when it escaped. Actually, I haven't eaten it!
Fattening, with tights over
Fattening, these snails are asleep, it's cold
A bucket is a reasonable home
John Sergeant enjoys snails in weeds and butter in the One Show
Then they will be simmered in stock.
Using a toothpick to extract freshly killed snail from shell
1st SLIDE. John Sergeant & I chat about the snails in the vivarium, when the One Show feature was filmed.
Putting the tights over.
Setting up a breeding habitat
Also greens: dandelion, onion, ramsons, and alexanders, they also like grass.
I will move them to the shade now. A warm damp place is best.
Some apple, lime, bran and sunflowers seeds
This is the greenhouse. I changed to netting and elastic after the first mouse attack. They kept coming back!
What a beautiful snail.
See how the windblow sand has rubbed of the shine
This must be a younger one
Helix aspersa often live on the coast, this is sand dunes.
They were all asleep in the dry afternoon.
Banded snails, Cepaea nemoralis, in a variety of colours and patterns
This pic has been published in newspapers all over the world! Trinity Mirror gave me nothing!
The snails have been cooked in stock and are now being mixed with the herbs and butter
