My yard is filled with odd looking snails with long, skinny shells. My neighbor says I am lucky.?

My neighbor has asked if he can collect some of these snails to put in his garden. Now I have several neighbors also asking for snails from my yard. They call them killer snails %26amp; they attact %26amp; kill the bad snails %26amp; slugs that eat their plants. I have so many I'm glad to see them go. Are all my neighbors nuts? I never heard of killer snails. But unlike my neighbors, my yard is free from the regular brown snails and I haven't seen a slug in months. Can anyone tell me about "killer snails"? Or should i have the men in white coats come and toss nets over my neighbors %26amp; hall them off to the funny farm?

My yard is filled with odd looking snails with long, skinny shells. My neighbor says I am lucky.?
PREDACEOUS SNAIL, Rumina decollata. The DECOLLATE SNAIL, Re: Killer Snail is a non toxic, biological control of the brown snail and slugs found in most warmer area yards and gardens. Smaller then it's favor ate food, the brown garden snail and with a different look, a long, thin brown shell, chows down on the eggs of other molluse species. (it does NOT attact %26amp; kill full grown snails. You still must help the killers get a foot in your garden by hand picking all the adults you can find) Don't use snail baits, they kill the killers too. Only draw back is when they do such a good job getting rid if the bad snails %26amp; slugs they often turn to munching on small seedlings for a source of food. Also, it's against the law to release decollate snails outside Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange,Riverside, San Brenardino, Santa Barbara, Ventura or San Diego Counties in California.

So skip the men with the white coats unless you want to share your snails with them? Go ahead %26amp; share 'um with your neighbors, but make sure you save some for yourself. Funny thing... as I am typing this I see several of my own killer snails charging (bad choice if words) across my deck heading toward my shrubs for dinner. I still see an occasional brown snail, but I've been slugless for years
Reply:Nope, it's all true. People pay for those!! Consider yourself lucky and grow anything snails normally feast on. I can tell you right now I'd be with your neighbors asking if I could have some. Just don't give them all away.
Reply:maybe you should try to breed and sell them! Just keep them well fed so they multiply a lot and then sell off the big ones..
Reply:Unlike most snails, Euglandina rosea is a meat eater! It's even been known to eat other Euglandina rosea, earning its nickname the 'Cannibal Snail.'

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