Known challenges to Lophophora


    Snails cause some minor damages to Lophophora in South Texas.



    This snail near a population in Val Verde County is possibly Euglandia singleyana (Striate Wolfsnail)

     

    Gastropod damage encountered on 6 March 2010 in Jim Hogg County
    and a snail shell from one of the most common candidates;
    probably the predatory Euglandina texasiana     (Glossy Wolfsnail).



    snail shell

    Tiny snail shell from another possible contributor in Jim Hogg County





    Snail or slug damage encountered near Rio Grande City
    in Starr County in another Lophophora williamsii population.




    Cactus Conservation Institute