Giant African Snails, World's Largest Snails, Have Invaded The US On Several Occasions

When the world’s largest land snail, the Giant African Snail, ends up in an ecosystem where it isn’t native, trouble often follows. In a series of slow-motion invasions, this voracious species has repeatedly turned up beyond Africa, including on US soil, where it poses a persistent headache for those battling invasive species. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Native to East Africa, the Giant African Snail ( Lissachatina fulica ) has managed to spread far beyond its homeland, taking over many of the continent’s forested regions, including those on its nearby islands such as Mauritius and Madagascar.

A natural globetrotter, it has even managed to cross oceans, establishing itself in parts of the Americas. The species wa