The European Brown Snail in Oakland, California

Abstract

The data included here were based on field and laboratory studies on the serious garden pest, the European Brown Snail, Helix aspersa Müller, in the gardens in Oakland, California. Lists of plants found to be eaten or ignored as food plants by the European Brown Snail are included. Additional information on this pest to that already available in North American publications concerning human-snail relationships, life history data, and behavior were gathered between January 1, 1941, and December 6, 1945. Basinger. 1923; 1931; 1940; Ingram. 1942; Lang and MacLeod, 1941; and Hanna, 1939). <br /><br /><br />