We got this amazing looking Cornu aspersum 13. May 2014. This is the first recorded discovery of Cornu aspersum in the Faroe Islands.

24. August 2010 Agnethe Jacobsen found this photographed Cepaea nemoralis (L. 1758) under a stone beside the house of Jákup av Skarði in Nólsoy. This is the second time, that I have seen Cepaea nemoralis in the Faroes.

23. May 2009 Karin Fuglø á Husamørk found this beautiful Cepaea nemoralis (L. 1758) snail in the village Kirkja on Fugloy. This is the first time that I have seen this snail in the Faroes.

Cepaea nemoralis closest relative is Cepaea hortensis (Müller 1774). I have seen a single species occasionally, but I have never found them breeding.

On the photographs with the 2 snails, the large Cepaea nemoralis is beside the smaller, but fully grown relative Cepaea hortensis.

BURGUNDY SNAIL Helix pomatia

Sámal Jákup Olsen took this photograph of a roman snail in Vestmanna 07.09.2007. Helix pomatia is common in Central Europe and is introduced in Norway and England. Late in 1980's some breeding experiment was done in the Faroes with this tasty snail, but it stopped completely.

Do not kill the Leopard slug!

You ought to be very careful not to collect any Leopard slug Limax maximus when you are collecting Spanish slugs Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 in your garden, because the Leopard slug is an enemy of the Spanish slug.
Some Leopard slugs looks as the dark one on the photo, while other have long spots, so they look as a leopard on the skin. A Spanish slug has a plain colour without any spots, and often their head is darker then the body.
The Leopard slug is fairly new for the Faroe Islands as well. It was observed for the first time in 2003 and has spread to Klaksvík, Funningsfjørður, Toftir, Eiði, Kirkjubøur, Kollafjørður and Tórshavn.
New Norwegian studies have proved, that Leopard slugs and Spanish slugs don’t get along at all. The Leopard slug eats the egg of the Spanish slug, the small Spanish slugs and licks and bites the fully grown Spanish slug as well. The result is a great decrease of Spanish slugs in the garden.
The Leopard slug feeds on the same plants as the common black Faroese slug, so he is a very good and strong assistant to have in your garden in the fight against the destructive Spanish slug.