October 5, 2017

Location: Sebastian, private residence

I'm known as a Leatherleaf Slug,
I'm a snail without a shell.
I'm a hermaphrodite which means I can
Inseminate any slug, including myself!

Sources: UF/IFAS Featured Creatures - Terrestrial Slugs of Florida

Photo and text © 2017 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

July 18, 2017

Location: Leesburg, Venetian Gardens

These are exotic Apple Snail eggs,
They look kinda like bubble gum.
These Apple Snails devour macrophytes
And cause the algae to which our water plants succomb.

Sources:

• Natural Resource Management - Island Apple Snail
• Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force - Apple Snails

Photo and text © 2017 Dee Fairbanks Simpson