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where I live: day two (land crabs are blue)

  • Jun. 30th, 2008 at 7:01 AM



Florida land crabs remind me of spiders, their distant cousins, with their stalk-like eyes and slitty mouths. They march across the backyard in a conga line and plunk into the pool. After a hard rain, their holes fill up with water. Once in a while, they will even climb a tree.

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[info]kmessner wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 11:45 am (UTC)
So cool! I've spent a fair amount of time in Southwest Florida but have never seen a land crab (or found one in the pool!).
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[info]crissachappell wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 01:52 pm (UTC)
We used to see more of them ( before the big housing boom)...they like the saltwater marshes near Biscayne Bay.
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[info]cynthialord wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 12:58 pm (UTC)
Once in a while, they will even climb a tree.
OMG.
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[info]lillpluta wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 01:10 pm (UTC)
Re: Once in a while, they will even climb a tree.
Cool! Do they chase cats?
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[info]crissachappell wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 01:43 pm (UTC)
Re: Once in a while, they will even climb a tree.
My cats chase them! The land crabs are wimps. If you look at them sideways they scurry away!
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[info]crissachappell wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 01:55 pm (UTC)
Re: Once in a while, they will even climb a tree.
Yes! Their spiky legs hook into the tree bark.
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[info]jbknowles wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 01:28 pm (UTC)
Wow. You post the most amazing photos. Just beautiful.
:-)
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[info]crissachappell wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 01:57 pm (UTC)
thank you!!!!!!!
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[info]ariesroses wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 02:03 pm (UTC)
Very cool to see
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[info]d_michiko_f wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 02:23 pm (UTC)
That is WILD! :)
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[info]fabulousfrock wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 02:25 pm (UTC)
We once encountered a rather saucy land crab on some lonely stretch of A1A. It stood in the road and defiantly shook a claw at us. That thing did not want to relinquish to road to us.
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[info]crissachappell wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 05:05 pm (UTC)
they are like the drivers in Florida...always ready to flip you off!
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[info]boreal_owl wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 04:03 pm (UTC)
land crabs remind me of spiders, their distant cousins

No wonder they creeep me out. (Arachnaphobe here.)
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[info]whitehousemom wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 04:03 pm (UTC)
That is so cool! I used to live in Florida and we had the little lizards all over the place. Now I'm in Tennessee and I just have wild turkey's and black widow spiders. :-)
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[info]crissachappell wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 05:03 pm (UTC)
I love the anole lizards....like mini dragons you can hold in your hand!
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[info]edithspage wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 05:08 pm (UTC)
Ooooh, pretty!
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[info]lizgallagher wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 05:22 pm (UTC)
Wow. I'm intrigued . . . and kind of creeped out! They remind me of deep-sea creatures, looking like they come from another planet.
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[info]crissachappell wrote:
Jul. 1st, 2008 03:09 am (UTC)
I could totally imagine them living on Mars!
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[info]citycatinwindow wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 05:23 pm (UTC)
I love Florida, esp. the wildlife.
Manatees are my favorite animal - and this blue crab - I can't imagine seeing one prancing my me.
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[info]crissachappell wrote:
Jul. 1st, 2008 03:10 am (UTC)
they hide under my car in the morning! It is so crazy!
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[info]2skippingstones wrote:
Jun. 30th, 2008 07:28 pm (UTC)
What a pretty colour!!
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[info]crissachappell wrote:
Jul. 1st, 2008 03:06 am (UTC)
they also come in orange!
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[info]lizzy_lyn wrote:
Jul. 1st, 2008 12:35 am (UTC)
Crabs freak me out b/c of their spiderishness.
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[info]crissachappell wrote:
Jul. 1st, 2008 03:04 am (UTC)
But they are so tasty!
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[info]jmprince wrote:
Jul. 1st, 2008 04:42 am (UTC)
That's so awesome. I can almost hear their little conga line clattering around.
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[info]onegrapeshy wrote:
Jul. 1st, 2008 03:54 pm (UTC)
Ohmigosh. I never saw a blue one!
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[info]sharigreen wrote:
Jul. 5th, 2008 09:35 pm (UTC)
Wow, so cool! What gorgeous colouring.
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