Jelly feast for snails

By Aaron Horrell

I found this scene on Aug. 15 after several days of wet weather.

The snails are tiny land snails of the discidae family.

They have congregated on a slimy, unappealing fungus called "jelly fungi."

Jelly fungi will dry up and be almost unnoticeable on dead wood during dry weather.

When wet weather returns, jelly fungi will reappear and land snails will have a feast.

The snails in this photo are about one-fifth of an inch across.

A close look will reveal two very tiny baby snails just above the largest snail.

They looked so dainty, even a touch of my finger may have damaged or crushed them.