Re: Today in the Yard

Yeah, babies. hard to believe that something that small grows into something that large without molting; the shell just grows along with the snail. When you examine a baby shell under a lens, it is perfectly shaped to become a big one--except it has the orange-brown markings on its shell that look like lightning bolts [whence their common name]. They are easy to identify because they are sinistral [left-handed spiral to their shell] and not many mollusks are.

On Sunday, November 7, 2004, at 04:22 PM, Bonnie & Bill Morgan wrote:

The egg cases are very interesting as is the whelk itself. I wondered what
was on the penny (saw the photo when I went to look at the gator.) Now I
know!!! So tiny!

Thanks, Jim. I always learn so much from this group!

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of james singer
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 7:46 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Today in the Yard

Hi, Ceres. I just realized that I had not responded to your question.
I'm going to send Donna a picture of an adult lightning whelk shell, a
string of the egg cases they lay, and--on top of a penny--two baby
whelk shells that came from one of the cases in the string. The adult
shell is about 6 inches in diameter.


On Monday, November 1, 2004, at 08:42 PM, Cersgarden@aol.com wrote:

In a message dated 11/1/04 6:41:53 PM, jsinger@igc.org writes:

<< whelk egg cases >>

What is this?
    Ceres

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