Normally any snails I come across in my garden get flying lessons
But somehow this time, I didn’t have the heart
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They would have been flying on a package holiday all together like that if it had been me!
I throw them out on the concrete driveway where the grackles can get them. I think of it as “recycling.” Ditto Japanese beetle larvae and miscellaneous grubs.
Now what are they up to…? ;-)
Creative hibernation? Don’t they seal up the front door over the cold months? Doors have got stuck together, maybe..
I didn’t know that about them hibernating. They were all in a bit of a huddle at the back of the flowerbed so it’s possible. I certainly don’t think that’s how snails make baby snails, anyway.
I did leave them out in the open in case any birds wanted them but we don’t seem to have any enterprising thrushes around here.
Three more and a clove of garlic and you’d have a passable entree.
Research shows the little sods can ‘home’ and find their way back if not taken far enough. They need to be thrown at least 10 metres.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10856523
You could try experimenting by marking them. If they come back, then it’s not far enough.
They get lobbed over a road and two stone walls. If they can get back from that, they’ve more or less earned the right to stay…