While out swimming yesterday, I noticed a few of these little snails sitting on a rock beneath the water line. Having never seen any before, I picked a few up, took a picture, and asked Emily DeBolt of the Lake George Association what they were. Here is part of her response to me:<\/p>\n
They look like banded mystery snails. They are actually non-native to the lake \u2013 but have been here for at least 100 years \u2013 probably longer \u2013 so they are pretty well established. Their impacts are not well known \u2013 so they aren\u2019t considered \u2018invasive\u2019 per se \u2013 just \u2018 non-native\u2019 at this point. But that point could be debated by experts in the field\u2026. They are usually just in the sand \u2013 not on rocks \u2013 but they could have been on a rock as you said. These things have \u2018boom and bust\u2019 cycles for reasons that we don\u2019t necessarily understand \u2013 and I would say that this looks like this year we had a \u2018bust\u2019! Snails are associated with swimmer itch \u2013 along with ducks and geese. The \u2018itch\u2019 is actually traveling between the snails and the waterfowl when the \u2018swimmer\u2019 accidentally gets in the way. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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While out swimming yesterday, I noticed a few of these little snails sitting on a rock beneath the water line. Having never seen any before, I picked a few up, took a picture, and asked Emily DeBolt of the Lake George Association what they were. Here is part of her response to me: They look … <\/p>\n
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