Green snail

Helix aperta

Threat: Green snail can significantly damage a wide range of plants, including most leafy vegetables, cereal crops, lupins, pasture grasses and native plants.

About the pest: Green snails are smaller than the common brown species and have an olive-green shell and white flesh. They can breed very quickly, resulting in up to 1000 young snails per square metre.

Spread: The pest is spread through the movement of host plant material.

More information:

WA Department of Agriculture and Food

Photo: WA Department of Agriculture and Food