I captured E. Rosa, Rosy Predator Snail, and put two in the snail and slug infested greenhouse. Now I have lots of them and I haven't seen a slug for months, and have to look hard to find a live snail. The ground and plant pots are littered with the empty shells of snails eaten by the Predator Snails.
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What happens to them when they run out of slugs and snails??? Sounds to good to be true---Ship a few to Idaho!!! HEEE-HEEE
Sandyc
I don't know what happens when they run out of other snails to eat , but--I supose they will eat each other. ---I don't know if I am allowed to ship them or not.
I have watched them hunt other snails, they come across a trail left by another snail, or slug and they follow the trail untill they overtake the other snail and then eat them. Nature is amazing.
COOOL
funny that they may eat each other though. ha
I was watching the snails yesterday while cleening out some weeds and the Big snails do eat the little ones, but have not started eating each other. and I do have quite a few of them hideing in there. I spent 2 hours cleening and weeding ,the only live snails I saw were the Predator Snails. Before I put the Predators in there, I would gather up hundreds of snails and feed them to my fish until they were full and than go throw them in the pond. and never make a dent ,I could not start seeds as the snails would eat all of the plants, they were even eating the datura's. I am amazed that they could all have been eaten in 3 months.
