Jess Van Dyke's Images
Organization: Snail Busters, LLCCountry: United States
Web: http://snailbusters.wordpress.com/
I recently retired from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection after 35 years as an aquatic biologist. My specialty is aquatic vegetation and my passion is maintaining native biodiversity. Near the end of my career, I became alarmed at the impact of the invasive exotic Island Apple Snail (Pomacea insularum) on aquatic and wetland plant communities in the infested of Northwest Florida. This highly fecund snail has a voracious appetite, and the damage it can cause is extensive, even thorough. That is why I started a business to fight their expansion, called Snail Busters, LLC. We have an effective trap and bait. I also started a website to facilitate networking of resource managers and research scientists who share my concern about this snail. |
| 18 Images of 2 Subjects | View Subject List | View Image Details | View Thumbnails |
| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5389852 | American lotus | Nelumbo lutea | in 2006, prior to infestation by Island Apple Snail (Pomacea insularum) |
| 5389859 | island applesnail | Pomacea maculata | Mating Island Apple Snails |
| 5389845 | island applesnail | Pomacea maculata | |
| 5389846 | island applesnail | Pomacea maculata | This a is a 8000 lb pile of Island Apple Snails removed in 2008 |
| 5389847 | island applesnail | Pomacea maculata | One in a series of trials of chelated copper herbicides for efficacy on the Island Apple Snail. |
| 5389848 | island applesnail | Pomacea maculata | Island Apple Snails engesting Wild Taro leaves |
| 5389849 | island applesnail | Pomacea maculata | hatching Island Apple Snail eggs |
| 5389850 | island applesnail | Pomacea maculata | One in a series of feeding trials to determine an effective lure. |
| 5389851 | island applesnail | Pomacea maculata | Island Apple Snail eating bait |
| 5389853 | island applesnail | Pomacea maculata | in 2008, after being stripped of aquatic vegetation. Note the bluegreen algae bloom. |
| 5389854 | island applesnail | Pomacea maculata | Live Island Apple Snails in the incurrent stream of Wellman Pond, west of Tallahassee. |
| 5389855 | island applesnail | Pomacea maculata | Live Island Apple Snails in the incurrent stream of Wellman Pond, west of Tallahassee. |
| 5389856 | island applesnail | Pomacea maculata | Island Apple Snails consuming Soft-stemmed Rush (Juncus effusus) and Sagittaria (Sagittaria lancifolia). |
| 5389857 | island applesnail | Pomacea maculata | Island Apple Snail laying eggs. |
| 5389858 | island applesnail | Pomacea maculata | Mating Island Apple Snails |
| 5389860 | island applesnail | Pomacea maculata | Island Apple Snails eating Soft-stemmed Rush |
| 5389861 | island applesnail | Pomacea maculata | Island Apple Snails eating Sagittaria |
| 5389862 | island applesnail | Pomacea maculata | Snail Busters Apple Snail Trap (patent pending) |
