It's one of the Cepaea snails. There's Cepaea hortensis which is the White-lipped snail and Cepaea nemoralis which is the brown-lipped snail. They're named after the colour of the lip of the shell around the opening but annoyingly there can be variants that have the wrong colour so you're never really sure which you've got. There's also huge variety in the shell colour and pattern which adds to the confusion. Lovely snails though and the thrushes love them too.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
@philippasmith2. Try them with a supermarket organic one. How about dandelion or strawberry leaves. Mine are enjoying the mixed salad, I think about a pound from Tesco, lasts them all week. Haven’t even sown my beans yet.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Thank you @wild edges must remember that name, I know someone who'll be impressed me knowing it's name. Will now look up the species.
This is a small sample from my garden. All the same species. You can see that the yellow one on the left has a damaged lip so there's no colour and the next one along has a white lip but is actually a brown-lipped snail. The other two have the classic brown lip.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Any takers for these magnificent pets. I’ll be crushing them later today. they can be a bit fussy with their food, like the children with their crusts.😀
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
How about dandelion or strawberry leaves. Mine are enjoying the mixed salad, I think about a pound from Tesco, lasts them all week.
Haven’t even sown my beans yet.
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
they can be a bit fussy with their food, like the children with their crusts.😀