Snail trail

Rainy spring weather brings out good close up photo opportunities in our mid-America woods.

The North American forest snail is a land snail that likes cool wet weather. These snails eat various types of vegetation, although I've seen no evidence that they will eat the Jack-in-the-Pulpit.

The land snail leaves a slime trail while traveling on his belly and this depletes his moisture during dry weather. He will spend dry times hidden inside his shell and forage at night.

The Jack-in-the-Pulpit is native to most of the eastern half of the U.S. In ideal conditions, it can grow to at least 18 inches. It blooms in April and May but the bloom is really only a single leaf neatly wrapped around a single stalk (Jack) growing up through the middle.