The Giant African Snail is known to prefer moist, rainy conditions. During prolonged dry spells, the snail goes into a resting phase, referred to as aestivation, as one of its survival mechanisms.
Currently, Antigua and Barbuda is in the traditional dry season and the snails become largely inactive at this time in order to survive. Any eggs carried by the snails remain viable during this time and can be laid as soon as the snails come out of the resting phase.
As part of the management of the Giant African Snail problem, residents in
infested areas are strongly encouraged to seek out the snails, bag them and dispose of them appropriately as previously advised.
In the resting phase, the snails generally can be found under leaf litter or loosely covered by soil. They will appear light in weight and would have a white, papery material covering the opening of the shell.
These snails are alive and should be collected!! Efforts to collect snails in this resting phase will help to reduce the numbers of snails that appear as well as the number of eggs laid when the rainy season comes around.
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Brother B must be happy to hear this. His hands are not clean in this regard.
Explain yourself? Why his hands “not clean in this regard”????
You are probably right…just like the AlP had allowed Stanford to import the Cuban frog they are probably happy it is not soo common now.
It was under his vision and leadership as Minister of Agriculture that the G.A.S were introduced into Antigua. What a legacy! He will be long remembered for it as well as having a diplomatic voice and approach to matters in the public domain.
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