I can tell you for sure there are at least 2 species
in western Kentucky. I used to be a big fan of hunting
htese when I was a kid. In my experience the ones
found in water where almost always a gray/green color
uniformly. The ones that we found out of water (and
there were lots and lots of them) generally were more
colorful. For some reason, I always thought of the
terrestrial ones (As a kid anyhow) as males. They had
a very variable color and usually had lots of red
markings and occasionally some other colors. They were
quite striking but also meaner (they seemed more
inclined to pinch), the terrestrial ones also seemed
to be bigger. I would love to get some of the dwarfs,
does anyone know a source of these mail order?
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 07:32:13 EST
From: MStark7789 at aol_com
Subject: Crayfish
Hello
I maintain a 150 gallon aquarium in my shadehouse
in S.Florida and
added
some type of crayfish that I got at the lfs. I
bought 4 and within a
week
they
disappeared without a trace. I suspected they had been
eaten by the
African
cichlids
About two months later I had left the shadehouse door
open which
allowed me
to see the edge of the ground level pool ,also in the
shadehouse. I
could see
little orbs
of red light moving in the darkness. I got a
flashlight and discovered
the
red orbs were the crayfish moving along the edge of
the pool. They had
built
tunnels along the edge
between the rocks. I captured them and put them back
in the aquarium
but
within
3 days they were back in the pool. They are still
there after 2 years.
Somehow I'd thought crayfish were totally aquatic. Not
the specie I
have.Ive
found them climbing
the vines and trees but always in the dark. During the
day they are
seldom
seen but
always in the water during the day.
Gary
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