FILE - A rout of giant African snails gather on Aug. 28, 2019, in a corner in Havana, Cuba. Invasive giant African land snails that can eat building plaster and stucco, consume hundreds of ...

The giant African land snail, which is illegal to import or have in the U.S. without a permit, consumes at least 500 different types of plants, according to the agriculture department.

A portion of a Florida county has been placed under quarantine as state officials work to get rid of the giant African land snail (GALS), the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer ...

The discovery of an invasive and destructive giant African land snail has put a Florida county under quarantine ... The pesticide works by targeting what gives snails and slugs their signature ...

The giant African land snail has been eradicated from Florida twice already. The snail was first detected in 1969 and was later eradicated in 1975. In 2011, the snail was detected in Miami-Dade ...

Giant African land snails, or “GALS” for short, have wreaked havoc across Pasco County since mid-2022. ... FDACS reccommends Metaldehyde, a pesticide used to control snails and slugs.

A giant African land snail was confirmed in Miramar on June 2. ... Snails and slugs that have eaten metaldehyde often seek hiding places, become inactive and begin to die within days.” ...

A giant African land snail moving up piece of wood. FLPA/Shutterstock. Last summer, officials enacted a similar quarantine in Pasco County, which sits about half an hour north of Tampa, after the ...

On Oct. 6, 2021, Florida officials announced that they had eradicated the Giant African land snail from the state for the second time. Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel/TNS via Getty Images ...

WBAL NewsRadio 1090/FM 101.5 - (NEW YORK) -- A portion of a Florida county has been placed under quarantine as state officials work to get rid of a giant African land snail (GALS), the Florida ...