Invasive apple snails found in NC river

[lampern]

Invasive Apple Snails Now Confirmed in North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. (Oct. 2, 2023) – The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) announced today that Apple Snails, a harmful invasive aquatic species, have been identified along the Lumber River in Lumberton. Native to South America, this is the first known population of Apple Snails in North...

www.ncwildlife.org

Invasives......invasives everywhere

 

[lampern]

Also zebra mussels are now in NC too apparently

Invasive Zebra Mussels Now Confirmed in North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. (Sept. 22, 2023) – The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) announced today that zebra mussels, a harmful invasive aquatic species, have been identified in an Iredell County waterbody. This is the first time this species has been identified in the wild in North Carolina. On...

www.ncwildlife.org

 

[Nicodemus]

Those varmints lay egg clusters on my boat all through the warm months on Lake Seminole. At least we have limpkins down here to eat the snails.

 

[lampern]

I guess then they have spread from the south and not from someone's aquarium?

 

[Nicodemus]

I guess then they have spread from the south and not from someone's aquarium?

As far as I know they are invasive to North America. I`ve been seeing them here for several years now but I remember when there were none. But I also remember when we didn`t have hydrilla either.

 

[Nicodemus]

I guess I should've clarified

They are already invasive and found in Lake Seminole?

Yes. And also in several of the small blackwater rivers flowing through the Panhandle.

 

[Suwaneeman]

Apple snails are pretty common in aquariums so they're probably in a lot of places by now