Brown Garden Snail

Gardens, agricultural areas, and temperate coastal regions with moisture and vegetation.

Herbivorous, feeding on a wide range of fruit trees, vegetable crops, garden flowers, and cereals.

Primarily nocturnal and crepuscular; can enter aestivation during dry periods or hibernation during cold periods. They are hermaphroditic and lay clutches of eggs in damp soil.

Significant garden and agricultural pest; can be a vector for parasites (though rare in domestic settings). Benefits include being a food source for birds and some mammals; they are also farmed for food (escargot) and used in cosmetics.