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Eggs of Golden Apple Snail - Pomacea caniculata
Thos are Eggs of Golden Apple Snail - Pomacea caniculata, an invasive species from South America.
Seen in rice fields, they are considered pests to the farmers. The locals called them Kuhoy and collects to eat, more or less like Escargot in France.
''Pomacea canaliculata'', common name the channeled applesnail, is a species of large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.
South American in origin, this species is considered to be in the top 100 of the "World's Worst Invasive Alien Species".
Similar species: Apple And River Snails
By Albert Kang
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Uploaded Jun 16, 2017. Captured Aug 10, 2014 14:01 in Unnamed Road, Lagawe, Ifugao, Philippines.
