Susan, Can you snap a few pictures? If so I will pass them on to some of the NANFA biologist/zoologist types who might be able to ID them. Need pics of top, both sides bottom with head and foot retracted and, if possible, with head and foot exposed. -----Original Message----- From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Susan Welenofsky Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 11:57 AM To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat Subject: [GSAS-Member] Large Trapdoor Snails in Lake Washington I was just wondering if these are native snails. Yesterday I found four of them in a lake up by Arlington. I don't know if they are native or not, but they look a lot like the Black Japanese Trapdoor Snail in size and shape. They would be good for someone's pond if it doesn't freeze through or get too hot. I'm finding them by lots of leaf-litter and submerged logs. Can anyone identify what type of snail they are? I also have discovered loads of bullfrog tadpoles, which I was told by a forest ranger, can eat small birds like ducklings when grown. http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/living/frogs.htm Bullfrog hunting session is open year round. I caught one with a butterfly net, but put it back because I wasn't sure it was a bullfrog. If the tadpole fills your hand and it's body is the size of a small egg, it's a bullfrog. Susan W _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member