We have been noticing a strange phenomenon this summer on our detached garage in the woods behind the house. The white garage door is covered in tiny snails! :duh2:
We have no idea why they are there, or what they like about it, or even where they come from. (Stupid useless biology degree. :shakehead: ) They don't migrate to the other garage door on the attached garage, or anywhere else we can find on the house; only on the garage. Last week we cleaned all of them off, brushed them into the woods, and bleached the garage door to eliminate any substance or algae or fungi they may have been feeding on. In one week the door went from sparkly clean to what you see below - hundreds of snails!!! Every dark speck is a tiny snail, about 1/4 in. long.
What the heck is going on? Why are they there and what do they want? Why only there on that door? Why only this year and never before over all the years we've lived here? Has anyone else seen such a thing? :huh:
We have no idea why they are there, or what they like about it, or even where they come from. (Stupid useless biology degree. :shakehead: ) They don't migrate to the other garage door on the attached garage, or anywhere else we can find on the house; only on the garage. Last week we cleaned all of them off, brushed them into the woods, and bleached the garage door to eliminate any substance or algae or fungi they may have been feeding on. In one week the door went from sparkly clean to what you see below - hundreds of snails!!! Every dark speck is a tiny snail, about 1/4 in. long.
What the heck is going on? Why are they there and what do they want? Why only there on that door? Why only this year and never before over all the years we've lived here? Has anyone else seen such a thing? :huh: