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Crayfish

Description:

Beautiful dark crayfish with red pimples and large claws.

Habitat:

Found on forested road through swampy backwaters of Reelfoot Lake

1 Species ID Suggestions

SamFellows
SamFellows 8 years ago
Red Swamp Crayfish
Procambarus clarkii red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) - FactSheet


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6 Comments

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 10 years ago

Thanks Karen and rams4d!
I have a really cool mother with babies set here:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/241...

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Fun fact! There are over 500 species of crayfish in the world – and more than 80% live in streams and lakes of North America! Most occur east of the Rocky Mountains and in the Southeastern United States. About 65 of the 400 crayfish species in North America are endangered and almost half of the native crayfish species are estimated to need protection. https://upload.facebook.com/projectnoah/...

rams4d
rams4d 10 years ago

Nice shot

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 10 years ago

ROFL @ Mark!

Thanks Mark and dotun55! :-)

dotun55
dotun55 10 years ago

Handsome like a grasshopper!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Great find roaming the forest. Red pimples and large claws reminds me of one of my old girlfriends.

LisaPowers
Spotted by
LisaPowers

Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Apr 1, 2014
Submitted on Apr 8, 2014

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