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In hand-size pool of water filled with soggy leaves i dry stream toward bottom of Cañón el Azteca about 3kms north of Gómez Farías, on the lower eastern slope of the Eastern Sierra Madres, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve; elevation about 300m (1000 ft)

This snail's shell is about 2 cm and was found in a large shady, semi-moist rocky canyon near a running spring in the Organ Mountains. The ability to withstand extreme dessication give the desert snails incredible recognition. Though I have yet to find a living snail in its shell in the desert.

The caterpillar was found inside my home during a bad rain storm so I kept it safe indoors. It immediately started cocooning the next day, so I decide it to keep it safe indoors until it’s day of coming out. It was released as soon as it seemed to be able to walk without wobble.