Experts say the white garden snail is Mediterranean and believed to have traveled to California via shipping containers around one hundred years ago. "They're not native to this area, so they don ...

The Theba Pisana, common name, white garden snail, have been attaching themselves to sturdy structures including sign posts, walls, and plant life in San Pedro on Thursday, July 25, 2019.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture identified the edible snails as Theba pisana or commonly known as the white garden snail or the Mediterranean snail along with other names.

Take a walk along San Pedro’s White Point nature trails and you’ll probably notice something odd: Snails. Thousands of them, clinging vertically in dense, white-shelled clumps on the stems of ...

The snail most commonly found in vegetable and flower gardens is the brown garden snail, (Cornu aspersum).It is a soft-bodied animal that moves by a single 'foot' kept constantly moist by the ...

This is the white garden snail (Theba pisana), a European species that is now wide spread in temperate regions worldwide. This species now thrives in places such as California, South Africa ...

The so-called white garden snails are native to the Mediterranean, but have become agricultural pests in Southern California. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 67°F.