This species is found naturally in the Southern United States, usually in hardwood forests and urban gardens.
It is a fast and voracious predator, hunting and eating other snails and slugs.
The smaller prey species are ingested whole or sucked out of their shells.
This gives it the nickname "the cannibal snail".
Rosy wolfsnails use slime trails to track their prey and potential mates, resulting in rosy wolfsnails following these trails more than 80% of the time they are alive.
The rosy wolfsnail prefers to consume smaller snails because these are quicker and easier to eat.

The rosy wolfsnail is specialized for carnivory, its buccal mass being totally contained within a beak-like rostrum that can be extended, thus allowing the toothed radula to be ejected past the mouth and into the snail's prey.
The radula is enlarged and has teeth specialized into elongated cones.

The four main mammalian predators for the rosy wolfsnail are rats, tenrecs, pigs, and mongooses.
The rats consume the snail by chewing the top of the shell off.
The tenrecs crack the shell into large pieces.
The pigs have a tendency to crush the shell completely.
The mongooses attack the body of the snail.
Cannibalism among adults has also been seen by the rosy wolfsnail.
However, this has only been observed in captive populations and appears to be an incredibly rare occurrence.

Diseases affect the death rate or mortality of the rosy wolfsnail, as well.
One disease known to affect the snail is caused by the pseudomonad bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila.
Infection occurs by ingesting the bacteria, if they contaminate the snail's food, or by contact with another individual that is infected.
This causes reduced digestive function, resulting in emaciation even when food is abundant.
This finally results in a slow death by starvation.

The rosy wolf snail is a hermaphrodite and is oviparous; it has both male and female reproductive parts and lays eggs instead of giving live birth.
The courtship rituals for the snail begin with one following the trail of another snail.
The pursuing snail then mounts the rear side of the shell of the snail it was following.
Following this mounting, a head-waving display occurs, where the pursuing snail vigorously shakes its head for 15 minutes.
This ultimately ends with a short period of inactivity, where the mounted snail turns its head to face its own shell.
Following this, copulation occurs, with the one snail still mounted on the shell of the other, the two heads are brought together, and then twisted around each other's necks.
This copulation then lasts up to four hours.
An adult snail lays 25–35 eggs in a shallow pocket of soil and the eggs hatch after 30–40 days.

The snail has been known to go into hibernation during winter and emerge in April/May.
This species is found naturally in the Southern United States, usually in hardwood forests and urban gardens. It is a fast and voracious predator, hunting and eating other snails and slugs. The smaller prey species are ingested whole or sucked out of their shells. This gives it the nickname "the cannibal snail". Rosy wolfsnails use slime trails to track their prey and potential mates, resulting in rosy wolfsnails following these trails more than 80% of the time they are alive. The rosy wolfsnail prefers to consume smaller snails because these are quicker and easier to eat.
The rosy wolfsnail is specialized for carnivory, its buccal mass being totally contained within a beak-like rostrum that can be extended, thus allowing the toothed radula to be ejected past the mouth and into the snail's prey. The radula is enlarged and has teeth specialized into elongated cones.
The four main mammalian predators for the rosy wolfsnail are rats, tenrecs, pigs, and mongooses. The rats consume the snail by chewing the top of the shell off. The tenrecs crack the shell into large pieces. The pigs have a tendency to crush the shell completely. The mongooses attack the body of the snail. Cannibalism among adults has also been seen by the rosy wolfsnail. However, this has only been observed in captive populations and appears to be an incredibly rare occurrence.
Diseases affect the death rate or mortality of the rosy wolfsnail, as well. One disease known to affect the snail is caused by the pseudomonad bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila. Infection occurs by ingesting the bacteria, if they contaminate the snail's food, or by contact with another individual that is infected. This causes reduced digestive function, resulting in emaciation even when food is abundant. This finally results in a slow death by starvation.
The rosy wolf snail is a hermaphrodite and is oviparous; it has both male and female reproductive parts and lays eggs instead of giving live birth. The courtship rituals for the snail begin with one following the trail of another snail. The pursuing snail then mounts the rear side of the shell of the snail it was following. Following this mounting, a head-waving display occurs, where the pursuing snail vigorously shakes its head for 15 minutes. This ultimately ends with a short period of inactivity, where the mounted snail turns its head to face its own shell. Following this, copulation occurs, with the one snail still mounted on the shell of the other, the two heads are brought together, and then twisted around each other's necks. This copulation then lasts up to four hours. An adult snail lays 25–35 eggs in a shallow pocket of soil and the eggs hatch after 30–40 days.
The snail has been known to go into hibernation during winter and emerge in April/May.
Euglandina rosea