Malacologists,

This is a very narrow inquiry, but I wonder if anyone has the answer.

This afternoon, on the New Dublin Road (44.6251°N 75.85833°W), we
noticed that the lower 20-40cm of the dead stems of roadside Parsnip
(Pastinaca sativa) were striped of their outer cortex, in the same way
Cepaea nemoralis strips the Carrot stems (Daucus carots) around home
here, as photographed at http://pinicola.ca/cepaea1.htm

There was no cover to turn, and the grassy ground was still frozen, and
I didn't see any snail shells, but I wonder if anyone knows of a land
snail or slug that has a special taste for Parsnip?

fred schueler
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          Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad
Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm
Thirty Years Later Expedition - http://pinicola.ca/thirty/
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     RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0
   on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
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