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Crayfish

Photo by LisaPowers
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Field Notes

Description:

Beautiful dark crayfish with red pimples and large claws.

Habitat:

Found on forested road through swampy backwaters of Reelfoot Lake

Species ID Suggestions

Red Swamp Crayfish

Procambarus clarkii

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Comments (6)
LisaPowers
Thanks Karen and rams4d! I have a really cool mother with babies set here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/241806069
KarenL
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/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10154009555400603/?type=1&stream_ref=10
LisaPowers
ROFL @ Mark! Thanks Mark and dotun55! :-)
dotun55
Handsome like a grasshopper!
Mark Ridgway
Great find roaming the forest. Red pimples and large claws reminds me of one of my old girlfriends.

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Wildlife of the South East, USA
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The Color Red
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NWF: Watch for Wildlife!
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Biodiversity of SouthEastern US
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedApril 8, 2014

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