Thanks to global warming, it is now well established in North America. It was also introduced to Asia in the 1980s. And it is now wreaking havoc among young shoots in rice fields. Highly prized by aquarists , it was banned from sale in 2012. Because the risk is great when faced with one of the 100 most invasive exotic species in the world.
Individuals are asked to report eggs spotted in their gardens
The apple snail was first reported in France in 2018 near Fréjus , in the reservoir upstream of the Saint-Esprit dam, as reported at the time in an article in the daily newspaper Nice-Matin . And this discovery led to emergency measures with access to the banks prohibited and collection operations. But this was clearly not enough.
Today, gardeners are asked to be extremely vigilant in combating what could be seen as an invasion. Individuals who spot clusters of pink eggs on a leaf or branch in their garden must therefore report this presence to the environmental authorities . Because it is everyone’s business to preserve biodiversity from this silent threat.
