Lepanthes pest control help against round snails

[vraev]

Hi guys,

I was waiting a long time for my small L. telipogoniflora to make a leaf. It had 4 leaves before but while I was away on vacation, it got desiccated to 1 single leaf. After a month or more, it started making a leaf. I was happy and then one night when i suddenly turned on the light, I saw a small round black snail at the tip. Generally, snails never harmed my typical carnivorous plants, but then I realized the leaf was gone. The snail ate the tender new leaf.

The same happened with a L. elegantula leaf while it was in the opening state killing the new growth.

I can't find a perfect pic...but the snails are under 3-5mm in size and look like this:

The shell is almost always also black. The biggest I found was 4-5mm in diameter eating the lepanthes leaf.

I picked a couple whenever I see them...but I also found holes in my L. caprimugulus flower..so I guess they are still around.



Can anyone please explain how to get rid of these snails in my terrarium?



thanks,

V

[WhiteRabbit]

[AnonYMouse]

Didn't Marty post a Dry-Ice how-to get rid of these things in a terrarium? Do a search for it.

[vraev]

Pic of snail I picked from the L. telipogoniflora ... annoying buggers.





I tried using imidacloprid but no avail. I am planning on getting some dry ice from the lab tomorrow. i'll try marty's method of suffocating bugs. Marty used it for millipedes...not snails.

Although...I don't know how it will work with snails.....considering how well they hide.