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Snail Eating Millipede
Copyright © 2012 Buford

Snail Eating Millipede
Joyce Kilmer - Slickrock Wilderness, Graham County, North Carolina, USA
July 13, 2012
Size: Both ~ 1.5 inches
This terrestrial snail was consuming a millipede on a paved trail at an elevation of appx 4955 ft within a mature Appalachian Mountain ridgetop mixed deciduous forest. I would like idents on both if possible. Thanks!
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Contributed by Buford on 15 July, 2012 - 11:51am
Last updated 3 July, 2015 - 8:29pm

Permission to use photo?
Hi there. I am writing a naturalist's article about snails in The Appalachian Voice. I would like permission to use this amazing, eye-catching photo, with credit, in the article. Please email me at elizabethmlaubach@gmail.com Thank you!
… Erose, 15 September, 2017 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from Flat-backed Millipedes.
… Derek Hennen, 3 July, 2015 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

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… Ray Fisher, 20 November, 2012 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention; great shot indeed
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… v belov, 17 August, 2012 - 2:19pm login or register to post comments

Can't help with identification, sorry...
...but just wanted to say this is a fabulous photo!
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