Category: Crabs
All types of crabs such as hermit crabs, horseshoe crabs, land crabs and water crabs.
Fiddler Crabs Along The River
Fiddler crabs are very tiny and they are a favorite food of Sheephead fish. We see Fiddler crabs in groups on the sandy shores of little uninhabited islands along the saltwater river. They scurry around in groups, or pop into their little holes when they see us. Thousands of crabs hurry up into the mangroves […]
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Do Marine Hermit Crabs Kill Snails For Their Shells?
A hermit crab inside a crown conch shell while the snail is still inside makes me question what is going on here?
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Video of Big Hermit Crab in the Wild
While searching the backwater beach at low tide, I found a big lightning whelk shell encrusted with barnacles. I thought that either it was alive, with the snail inside, or a hermit crab had taken up residence. It turned out to be the latter. Most of the time hermit crabs will quickly duck down deep […]
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Wild Hermit Crabs You May See in Florida
If you have read this blog at all, chances are you’ve heard me “complain” about all the hermit crabs I find that have taken up residency inside empty seashells I would love to collect. Well, I do understand that the shells are needed for these creatures to survive, and I take photos rather than collect. […]
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About the Spider Crab, Florida Indian River Location
I don’t remember ever coming across a Spider Crab in my trips to the ocean or river (saltwater). I think I would have remembered this big, ugly thing. While boating the other day, we pulled up to a quiet spot so I could get out and explore the shallows. This is my favorite thing to […]
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