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A tiny land snail scooting across the top of a bolete type of mushroom.

The weeks following an unprecedented 17” rainfall in a twelve hour period, produced an abundance of mushrooms in my yard. I set out to get some macros of some of them. To my surprise, I ran across this one with this tiny snail crawling up from the base. Taken mid morning with naturally filtered sunlight.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2018
Date Uploaded: 10.2018
Photo Location: Belle Haven , Virginia, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D810
Copyright: © Carla Petrillo