The snail often feeds on microorganisms and humus in the soil and phytoplankton, young aquatic plants and moss in the water. Generally, green vegetables, potatoes, bean cakes, rice bran, fish and shrimp remains and other animal offal, scraps and so on can be fed. Turtles, leeches, and individual fish will feed on snails.

There are two kinds of snails:

One is the common name of the snail genus, the scientific name of Margarya, endemic to China, only distributed in Yunnan.

The second is the common name for the square ringed snail (scientific name Bellamya quadrata), which is a favorite food of the Zhejiang people.

Expanded Information:

Snail's Habits:

The snail often inhabits lakes, ponds, paddy fields, and rivers and streams with soft, bait-rich substrates that are warm in winter and cool in summer. slow-flowing rivers and streams. Its optimal growth water temperature in 20 ~ 25 ℃, water temperature up to 15 ℃ and 30 ℃ or more will stop feeding activities. 10 ℃ or less into the soil into hibernation, when the water temperature back to 15 ℃ or more when it came back out of the hole feeding.

Artificial cultivation of snails can be dug special pool feeding, but also the use of natural rice paddies, swamps, ditches, but also with fish mixed culture. However, it is required that the breeding water is non-toxic, harmless and non-polluting. If the use of paddy farming, you can not apply pesticides, can not be plowed and harrowed, and should be installed into the water outlet wire or plastic mesh, in order to control.

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