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Giant African snail

Lissachatina fulica

Giant African snail (Lissachatina fulica) is a mollusk pest of plants and crops. It is a native of Africa and was first detected in California in the 1940's.

The original infestation was eradicated and established populations are now only found in Hawaii, but may be found elsewhere as pets.

For more information about this plant pest, see the CAPS data sheet.

Survey Maps

4/2021 - APHIS Removes Zone B from the Giant African Snail List of Regulated Areas
8/2020 - APHIS Removes Zone Y from the Giant African Snail (Lissachatina fulica, formally Achatina fulica) List of Regulated Areas
12/2019 - Nearly 170,000 Giant African Land Snails Eradicated in Eight Years
12/2019 - The Giant African Snail, an Alien in Cuba
10/2019 - The Giant African Snail in Cuba, Something Must Be Done
10/2019 - Snails gnaw their way through coffee crop
10/2019 - A strategy to eliminate the dangerous African snail in Havana
9/2019 - African snails irk people in Kasaragod village
9/2019 - Community action required to control African snails
7/2019 - African Giant Snail menace worries coffee planters

Miami battles Giant African Land Snails