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Large leaf snail

Euomphalia strigella
Eats: PlantsSnails, slugs and wormsGardens and meadowsNo legsNot an insect, but a bug cousin

The large leaf snail is a European land snail. It belongs to a family called the hairy snails and their relatives. Like all land snails, it breathes air and carries its shell on its back.

Fun fact: this one is not an insect at all, it has no legs! But kids find it on every bug hunt, so it lives in Bug Wiki too.
Lives in
Europe, for example Ukraine
Top speed
about 0.03 km/h (0.02 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Wash your hands after holding one, like after touching any wild animal.
What does it eat?
Like other land snails, it eats plants.
For real!Photo of Large leaf snail
Picture by H. Zell. CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

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Fun facts

1

It was first described in 1801 by the French scientist Draparnaud.

2

Scientists divide it into three subspecies.

3

Some of its relatives have tiny hairs on their shells, which is why the family is called the hairy snails.

you asked

Most asked questions about Large leaf snail

?Is the large leaf snail dangerous?

No. It is a harmless land snail.

?What does the large leaf snail eat?

Like other land snails, it eats plants.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Euomphalia strigella
Named by
Draparnaud, 1801
Group
Snails, slugs and worms
Family
Hygromiidae
Classification
Gastropoda > Stylommatophora > Hygromiidae
Lives on
Europe

Where the facts come from

  1. Euomphalia strigella (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by H. Zell. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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