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White eggs ID

FireFire Posts: 19,096
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I found these eggs under a log. They are like white pearls. They are not jelly-like, not clear and not soft. But like small, hard, opaque, ovoid beads. And not set in a gel or binding, but each free and independent. Teaspoon for scale. Snails?

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  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527
    Yep Snails eggs
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I agree  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited October 2021
    The large log was embedded in the soil, so it's got me wondering how a snail could get right under there to lay...
  • CharlotteFCharlotteF Posts: 337
    How different do slug eggs look to these? I squashed a load the other week because they were hiding in a very sluggy place, and like Fire I'm not sure a snail shell would have fitted.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    The slug eggs I usually find in the compost bin, are clear, soft and like jelly and set together in a gel. But different slugs lay differently.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    They're pretty similar. Some are more opaque than others. 
    Slugs spend a lot of time well below ground. The small ones can get into the tiniest places - as can the tiniest snails. Some snails are only around half a centimetre at most.

    I picked one off a plant yesterday that was half the size of my pinky fingernail    :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • CharlotteFCharlotteF Posts: 337
    Fairygirl said:

    I picked one off a plant yesterday that was half the size of my pinky fingernail    :)
    Smallest person keeps finding some very tiny cute ones- I just assumed they were babies!
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    They're still capable of all sorts of destruction @CharlotteF ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • CharlotteFCharlotteF Posts: 337
    Fairygirl said:
    They're still capable of all sorts of destruction @CharlotteF ;)
    I'll stop feeling so bad about the one she currently has captive in her fruit punnet 'snail home' in the living room then 😆
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Some will no doubt be young ones @CharlotteF, but I believe there are snails which are only a few mm in size.  :)
    She sounds like my oldest, when she had the pet spider in her bedroom  :D
    Happy days.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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