An unwelcome visitor

on my "Soprano White" African daisy. They were so beautiful until the snails discovered them.

W are in Africa and everything that you plant here gets eaten by some insect if you don't use pesticides.

[Babs]

I will have to send you some of our kookaburras or a blue tongue lizard and they will get rid of the snails in a jiffy.

[Rob Z]

I love your swirl!

[Christine Louise]

As pesky as the snails are, they do have a lovely shell that you have captured well

[Susan Wakely]

Great pattern on the shell shame that it’s sitting in this pretty flower.

[Kathy A]

Not wanted but makes for a great shot, he has a lovely snail.

[Peter]

Well captured in wonderful detail Diana:)

[katy]

The flower is really pretty and I saw them see snails eating flowers, so this makes a fascinating photo for me

[Swillin' Billy Flynn]

An ancient gardener once told we to boil some cabbage and keep the cabbage water. Put it in a spray bottle and regularly spray all the plants that suffer from slugs and snails. They hate the smell apparently.

[Valerie Chesney]

Gorgeous flower & I don't like snails either..

[Paul J]

I like the swirling background on this! Nice shot of the flower and snail.

[Mags]

A lovely capture though.

[Merrelyn]

My garden suffers from the same problem. I might have to what @swillinbillyflynn suggested.

[Bucktree]

Beautiful capture and the swirl effect.

[winghong_ho]

Lovely shot, I don't know it was a snail on the flower.

[Christine Sztukowski]

I love how you composed this beautiful flower and inverter

[Corinne C]

Lovely swirling effect. Too bad for the flowers and the snail too!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Well spotted and a lovely capture.

[Danette Thompson]

Beautiful edit

[Beryl Lloyd]

Well spotted - not a welcome visitor , although makes a sweet image ! fav

[Beverley]

Wow

[Olwynne]

The flower is spectacular. I love the centre. Shame the snail is probably going to feast on it.

[George]

Lovely pattern on the snail at complement the flower. I hope you removed it quickly after the shot.

[Heather]

Oh dear! But you did get a pretty shot and composition from this! Fav

[LManning (Laura)]

It makes for a lovely photo at least!

[Renee Salamon]

A photobombed no less - but great capture

[Carole Sandford]

Love the swirl!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Snails are unwelcome in any garden as far as I know. Some gardeners here use beer in a shallow dish to attract them. They love the stuff but drown when they get tipsy on it. Not a pleasant way to go, but it avoids the use of pesticides. Still a beautiful shot though!

[Paula Fontanini]

Well at least you got a really nice photo opportunity out of it!! :)

[Rick]

Very pretty flower. great shot.

[Diana]

@onewing @robz @365projectclmutlow @wakelys @kjarn @pcoulson @grammyn @swillinbillyflynn @happysnaps @pej76 @marlboromaam @merrelyn @dkellogg @wh2021 @365projectorgchristine @corinnec @mittens @danette @beryl @beverley365 @ollyfran @gaf005 @365projectorgheatherb @ljmanning @rensala @carole_sandford @olivetreeann @bluemoon @rickster549 Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@swillinbillyflynn That sounds like a wonderful idea Billy, thanks for the tip ;-)
@gaf005 I sure did George, I just hope it stayed in the olive grove where I put it ;-)