Final Days of SnailBlitz 2021
*The event has already taken place on this date: Wed, 03/31/2021
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One of NHMLAC’s community science projects, SLIME (Snails and Slugs Living in Metropolitan Environments), is the first to catalogue the biodiversity of terrestrial gastropods (land snails and slugs) in Los Angeles County and throughout Southern California. SnailBlitz 2021 supports the SLIME project by taking advantage of our rainy season.
How to Participate in SnailBlitz 2021
Take a photo of any Southern California snail or slug between February 1 and March 31, 2021. Then share your photo with NHMLAC in one of four ways. Please include date and location (address or intersection) for each photo.
- E-mail slime@nhm.org OR
- Text 213.663.6632 OR
- Post to Instagram, Twitter, Facebook using #SnailBlitz OR
- Post directly to SnailBlitz 2021 project page on iNaturalist. If you don’t know what it is, you may identify it as “Common Land Snails and Slugs” or “Stylommatophora”.
SnailBlitz 2021 Photo Contest
Will your snail or slug photo be a winner? Every eligible* observation you submit will automatically get entered into our #SnailBlitz photo contest. On April 9 we will announce the winners. Contest categories include:
- Grand Prize Winner
- Best Snail Photo
- Best Slug Photo
- Rarest Snail/Slug Photo
PRIZES
- Grand Prize Winner will receive one copy of Wild LA: Explore the Nature in and around Los Angeles, one copy of Insects of the Los Angeles Basin, and a macro lens clip for phone camera.
- All other Winners will receive a macro lens clip for phone camera and one copy of Insects of the Los Angeles Basin.
*To be eligible for the photo contest, the photo must meet the following criteria:
- Photo of a wild snail or slug, no pet snail or slug photos. Must be a land snail or slug (no marine or freshwater snails/slugs).
- Taken in Southern California, defined as the ten southernmost counties in California (i.e., San Luis Obispo, Kern, and San Bernardino Counties and all counties south of these).
- Taken between February 1 and March 31, 2021 (winners will be announced on April 9)
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- The Museum reserves the right to substitute other prizes of equivalent value.
- Museum employees (full and part-time) are not eligible to receive prizes.
CONTACT US
General Inquiries
slime@nhm.org
Jann Vendetti
Twila Bratcher Chair in Malacological Research
jvendett@nhm.org
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