Submitter has sample
Snails, brown, stripes of varying shades of brown, tan, following the curvature of the shell, with lighter, narrower, crosswise stripes. 0.5-1.5 in diameter shells.
In an area of about 2 blocks, the snails were so thick on the sidewalk it was hard to walk without stepping on them. This was after a heavy, windy rain - maybe they were blown, washed out of trees?
I have rarely seen snails in the 30 years I have lived in this neighborhood. Never any like these.
Lisa DeBruyckere
June 10, 2009, 2:59 a.m.