BATON ROUGE, La. — Calling them the densest he’s ever seen, LSU AgCenter entomologist Blake Wilson was startled to find invasive apple snail egg masses in St. James Parish, but said preventative ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — An invasive snail species called apple snails have started to threaten crawfish production in Louisiana. According to a release issued by LSU AgCenter, entomologist ...

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First it came for your wetlands. Now it’s coming for your crawfish and your rice. A foreign snail that appeared in Louisiana just over 10 years ago and quickly infested ponds, bayous and streams in ...

RAYNE — An invasive species of snails has wiped out a 50-acre field of rice, the first time the pest has been known to do that in Louisiana. LSU AgCenter entomologist Blake Wilson said damaged rice ...