Categories David Snail crowd, estivating Post author By David Post date 28 October 2018 Crowd of hundreds of small snails dormant on the stems of the vegetation in a small piece of rough grassland in southern France. They were estivating – sleeping through the summer to avoid the hot, dry season. ← Branched Oyster mushroom on poplar, Halls Croft garden → Fishing goosander females, Severn, Bridgnorth