How Long Does a Garden Snail Live?
In short: The brown garden snail, Cornu aspersum, takes a year or more to mature outdoors and rests through hot summers and cold winters; one university article gives 2 to 5 years as both its length of life and its adult life span, so the starting point is unclear.
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Sources used in this film: Australian Museum, “Garden Snail”; University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), Featured Creatures, “Brown Garden Snail, Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Helicidae)”; BMC Evolutionary Biology (Springer Nature); study by Annie Guiller & Luc Madec, published 20 January 2010, “Historical biogeography of the land snail Cornu aspersum: a new scenario inferred from haplotype distribution in the Western Mediterranean basin”; Oregon State University (Ornamentals Northwest Newsletter, Entomology Department; article by H. H. Crowell, 1984), “The Brown Garden Snail, Vol. 6, Issue 1”; Utah State University Extension (Plant Health / Integrated Pest Management program), “Brown Garden Snail”.
Sources used in this film
- Australian Museum — Garden Snail · View →
- University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), Featured Creatures — Brown Garden Snail, Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) · View →
- BMC Evolutionary Biology (Springer Nature); study by Annie Guiller & Luc Madec, published 20 January 2010 — Historical biogeography of the land snail Cornu aspersum: a new scenario inferred from haplotype distribution in the Western Mediterranean basin · View →
- Oregon State University (Ornamentals Northwest Newsletter, Entomology Department; article by H. H. Crowell, 1984) — The Brown Garden Snail, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · View →
- Utah State University Extension (Plant Health / Integrated Pest Management program) — Brown Garden Snail · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Australian Museum: Garden Snail
- Also: University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), Featured Creatures: Brown Garden Snail, Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Helicidae)
- Also: BMC Evolutionary Biology (Springer Nature); study by Annie Guiller & Luc Madec, published 20 January 2010: Historical biogeography of the land snail Cornu aspersum: a new scenario inferred from haplotype distribution in the Western Mediterranean basin
- Also: Oregon State University (Ornamentals Northwest Newsletter, Entomology Department; article by H. H. Crowell, 1984): The Brown Garden Snail, Vol. 6, Issue 1
- Also: Utah State University Extension (Plant Health / Integrated Pest Management program): Brown Garden Snail
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