• Do all snail shells coil the same way?
  In most snails, the shells spiral to the right. If you hold the shell ...

• How do snails make shells?
  The mantle is a skin that covers the parts of the snail that stay ...

• Why do butterflies and moths have eyespots?
  The eyespots on the wings of a moth or butterfly can fool a predator ...

• What do snail eggs look like?
  Some species produce clutches of up to 100, others fewer. In many ...

• How do tiger moths baffle bats?
  Bats hunt tiger moths at night. The bats give out high-pitched ...

• What are the rarest snails in the world?
  The Partula snails, of some South Pacific islands, may be the rarest ...

• How good is a moth’s nose?
  The male silk moth can detect the scent of a female ready to mate ...

• What do snails do in a drought?
  Although their shells are waterproof, snails' bodies are likely to ...

• What is a silkworm?
  The silkworm is the caterpillar of the mulberry silk moth Bombyx ...

• Which slugs mate in mid-air?
  Most slugs and snails are both male and female in the same body. Even ...