How Do Snails Mate?

When snails copulate, two penises enter two vaginal tracts. Both snails in a pairing transfer sperm, but whichever snail got in the best shot with the dart has a better chance of ultimately fertilizing eggs. In some species, only one snail fires a love dart, but in others, like the garden snail, both do.

How do you know if your snails are mating?

Snails will mate for 1-6 hours at a time. During mating, the male mystery snail will crawl along the back of the female until they position themselves over the right shoulder of the other snail. Once there, they “do the deed.” Some females will continue on in their daily activities, eating and scooting around.

Can a snail mate with itself?

They have both female and male reproductive cells (they are hermaphrodite). They don't actually need to mate with another snail in order to reproduce, self fertilisation is possible.