CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What is the difference between golden apple snail and field snail? What is the difference between golden apple snail and field snail?

1. Different appearance: The top of the shell of the golden apple snail is spiral-shaped, and the color changes with the environment and the age of the snail; the shell of the field snail is yellow-green or yellow-brown, with an oval shell opening and a cylindrical head.

2. Different reproduction methods: Both the golden apple snail and the field snail are dioecious. After the golden apple snail is fertilized in the body, it will lay eggs at night. When laying eggs, it crawls out of the water and lays crimson eggs on the wall of the pool or on plants or wooden stakes on the water surface. While in the field snail, the mature eggs are fertilized by sperm, and the fertilized eggs develop into embryos in the uterus of the mother snail.

3. Different feeding habits: The food of golden apple snails is mainly plant-based bait, and they mainly feed on vegetables, duckweed, fruits, etc.; field snails like to be active and feed at night, and they mainly eat tender stems and leaves of aquatic plants, algae, bacteria and organic debris.