Despite the threatening skies yesterday morning, it did not rain. And, it was pretty dry this morning.
Accordingly, the gastropods seemed to have better things to do than sliding along the dry surfaces of my plants, meal or no meal.
Category Archives: Critters
Snail eradication (day 29).
This morning it was dewy and clear as I went on patrol for gastropods. By the time I was done patrolling, clouds had rolled in and there was no sun at all.
Tut, tut. It looks like rain.
Snail eradication (day 28).
Friday Sprog Blogging: silkworm reports from the field.
We’re going on three weeks since the first of the Free-Ride silkworms made a cocoon.
So far, there have been no signs of anyone trying to get out. So we’ll have to wait a while yet before we witness the miracle of life (or of silkmoths bumping bug uglies, depending on your perspective).
In the meantime, we’ve heard reports from the field about other silkworms that came home from school.
Snail eradication (day 27).
Snail eradication (day 26).
We had another early-morning downpour (today at about 3 AM).
Thus, the half-hour of gastropod hunting was productive.
Snail eradication (day 25).
“It’s never going to rain again.”
— Dr. Free-Ride’s better half, contemplating cloudy skies over the last month or so
“Oh yeah?”
— The weather in the vicinity of Casa Free-Ride, at approximately 4:45 AM today
It was not a torrential downpour, but there was a good, hard rain for 15 to 20 minutes early this morning, and from the looks of things there might have been a drizzle for some time after that.
You can guess what this did for this morning’s gastropod foray.
Snail eradication (day 24).
This morning’s conditions were more of the same — overcast and dry.
There were no gastropods in evidence.
Snail eradication (day 23).
Another overcast, cool, and dry morning today.