Part of a Florida county was placed under quarantine this week, as officials respond to a recent giant African snail sighting in the area.
took effect Tuesday and applies to a section of Broward County, where Fort Lauderdale is located, covering around 3.5 square miles.
People and organizations looking to acquire a compliance agreement for certain commercial purposes, like selling plants, landscaping or trash pickup, can request one by contacting the agency. A Giant African Snail, native to east Africa, eats vegetation on the Kealea hiking trail May 18, 2004 in Waialua, Hawaii.The agriculture department's Division of Plant Industry enacted the quarantine after confirming earlier this month that a giant African land snail was spotted in the Miramar area of Broward County. The order will remain active while officials from the plant division treat properties with a metaldehyde-based molluscicide — snail bait that the U.S.
Florida's agriculture officials have contended with the giant African land snail before, and in the past referred to it as"one of the most damaging" mollusk subtypes in the world. The snail is unusually large, growing to be as long as 8 inches as an adult, and can procreate in enormous quantities as it lays thousands of eggs at a time. It poses significant threats to vegetation, consuming at least 500 different types of plants as well as .
Officials set a quarantine order for Pasco County, about half an hour north of the city of Tampa, last summer, after confirming
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