Vespericola columbianus; Northwest Hesperian Snail; <small>(shown with <a href=/cgi/img_query?where-taxon=Scaphinotus+spp.+(insecta:+coleoptera:+carabidae)&title_tag=Scaphinotus+spp.+(insecta:+coleoptera:+carabidae)>Scaphinotus spp. (insecta: coleoptera: carabidae)</a>)</small>

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Vespericola columbianus; Northwest Hesperian Snail; (shown with Scaphinotus spp. (insecta: coleoptera: carabidae))

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Vespericola columbianus
Northwest Hesperian Snail
(shown with Scaphinotus spp. (insecta: coleoptera: carabidae))

Photographer: Kristiina Ovaska

ID: 0000 0000 0105 0171 (2005-01-02)

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date of photo May 9, 2004

location Goldstream Provincial Park (British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Canada)

family Polygyridae

order Stylommatophora

class Gastropoda

habitat Old growth mixed-wood forest

notes Ground beetles of the genus Scaphinotus are carnivorous, and many are specialized predators of snails.

camera Nikon 601 with 60 mm macrolens & 1.4 x teleconverter

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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common names Northwest Hesperian Snail (photographer)

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