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LSU-Ag Center: Invasive Snail Species Could Threaten Crawfish Production
April 29, 2021
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 29 (TNSRes) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news:

By Vernon Miller

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 measures, and a little help from Mother Nature, can mitigate the spread and potential damage to the crawfish industry.

Wilson, who specializes in agri . . .

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