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What kind of eggs are these on my bulkhead...freshwater
Posted on 8/8/25 at 8:30 am
Posted on 8/8/25 at 8:30 am
Title pretty much says it all. Found these today and they weren't there 2 days ago...never saw them before. Tickfaw river area.
Was just wondering if I needed to break out the flamethrower or what?
Was just wondering if I needed to break out the flamethrower or what?
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Posted on 8/8/25 at 8:31 am to DMAN1968
Knock them in the water, its apple snail eggs. They are an invasive species.
ETA: Dont touch them.
ETA: Dont touch them.
This post was edited on 8/8/25 at 8:32 am
Posted on 8/8/25 at 8:47 am to DMAN1968
They are toxic.
:killthemmuthafrickaswithhellfireandbrimstonegif:
:killthemmuthafrickaswithhellfireandbrimstonegif:
Posted on 8/8/25 at 8:53 am to DMAN1968
Take it to WNBA game and chunk it on the court.
Posted on 8/8/25 at 9:05 am to DMAN1968
Yep. Apple snail.
They are big carriers of rat lungworm which can be transmitted to humans (although no confirmed human cases in Louisiana). Their eggs are also contain a neurotoxin that can irritate your hands.
Limpkins are pretty much their only predator. We don't have a lot of them here, but we get more every year as they kind of follow the apple snail.
Their eggs can't hatch in water so knock them down with a stick.
Fire ants are about one of the only ones that eat their eggs, but you would have to transfer them over to a bed so its not worth it. Plus you could be making super mutant fire ants.
They are big carriers of rat lungworm which can be transmitted to humans (although no confirmed human cases in Louisiana). Their eggs are also contain a neurotoxin that can irritate your hands.
Limpkins are pretty much their only predator. We don't have a lot of them here, but we get more every year as they kind of follow the apple snail.
Their eggs can't hatch in water so knock them down with a stick.
Fire ants are about one of the only ones that eat their eggs, but you would have to transfer them over to a bed so its not worth it. Plus you could be making super mutant fire ants.
Posted on 8/8/25 at 9:13 am to BigBinBR
so...yes, break out the flamethrower.
Posted on 8/8/25 at 9:27 am to kengel2
Damn...didn't know we had those this far up yet.
I will handle it immediately.
Thanks all.
I will handle it immediately.
Thanks all.
Posted on 8/8/25 at 9:34 am to BigBinBR
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Limpkins are pretty much their only predator.
Grackles frick them up some apple snails also.
Posted on 8/8/25 at 9:47 am to DMAN1968
You can't stop the spread, you will see those eggs everywhere in the next 6 months
Posted on 8/8/25 at 10:04 am to wickowick
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You can't stop the spread, you will see those eggs everywhere in the next 6 months.
Got that right!
They got into my pond, came from the over flow ditch going towards the road. Can go pull 40+ out a night and not see a difference. Knock down eggs weekly. Not slowing down. Called LSU and they don’t have anything figured out for them yet. Someone told me copper sulphate will kill them but haven’t tried it yet.
Posted on 8/8/25 at 10:15 am to DMAN1968
Apple snail, use a stick to knock in water, do not touch.
Posted on 8/8/25 at 10:23 am to DMAN1968
Put them on a moist paper towel in a small jar and see what hatches out. Question will be answered.
Posted on 8/8/25 at 2:07 pm to kengel2
quote:
Knock them in the water, its apple snail eggs. They are an invasive species.
ETA: Dont touch them.
All of this
Posted on 8/8/25 at 2:34 pm to BigBinBR
I hear the limkins are eating the snails south of hwy 90 but along the Amite River, the minks are giving them hell in the swamps. It’s a good time passing on the deer stand watching a mink drag a baseball sized apple snail onto a log and eat it.
Posted on 8/8/25 at 4:14 pm to DMAN1968
Snails.....kill them all
Posted on 8/8/25 at 4:25 pm to wickowick
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You can't stop the spread, you will see those eggs everywhere in the next 6 months
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They also reproduce rapidly, with females laying eggs weekly, each clutch containing up to 2,000 eggs.
Damn
Posted on 8/9/25 at 7:56 am to highcotton2
Found 3 more this morning. We have a lot of weekend only places out here where no one is going to notice or act on them.
I can see how this can be a losing battle.
I now have a special long stick dedicated to this effort...I'll do my part.
I can see how this can be a losing battle.
I now have a special long stick dedicated to this effort...I'll do my part.
Posted on 8/9/25 at 8:26 am to Cypressknee
Copper sulfate will certainly kill them, but stopping the spread I believe is impossible. Five years ago I had never seen one. Now I literally see thousands a day in southern Jeff Davis Parish.
Posted on 8/9/25 at 8:38 am to DMAN1968
I used to knock down the one’s I could get to. The first year we had them twenty years ago or so.
The limpkins came four years ago or so. They knocked them down considerably. I have empty snail shells in my yard every day.
Sorry to say but knocking them down with a stick is a futile exercise.
The limpkins came four years ago or so. They knocked them down considerably. I have empty snail shells in my yard every day.
Sorry to say but knocking them down with a stick is a futile exercise.
This post was edited on 8/9/25 at 8:41 am
Posted on 8/9/25 at 9:59 am to Bigfishchoupique
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Sorry to say but knocking them down with a stick is a futile exercise.
sounds like telling people to squish Lantern Fly eggs on the East Coast. You'll be killing .00000001% of them
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