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[fishlvr]

It'll never get old.

The picture of the Christmas tree crayfish is horrible and does no justice to its colors. The skink was laying eggs, which was pretty awesome. And the place with the fiddler crabs literally had hundreds every where. I should've taken some pics of the fish I got, but I completely forgot. I found some nice E. evergladei, pirate perch, swamp darters, and redfin pickerel.

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[fishlvr]

A better picture of the Procambarus pymaeus. I tried to capture the bluish hue and red lines but was not very successful.

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[mattknepley]

If we were unlucky enough to be on I-95, the fam and I sometimes made a pit stop in Georgia that I can't remember the number or name of, but would probably remember on sight. It's been some years now, so things may have changed, but behind McDonald's there was a dirt road that led to a sandier road that led to a really big water of some kind. You ain't kidding when you say there are hundreds of crabs at a time on view in GA. The girls loved them. It was a perfect "unwind" spot on long trips.

[fishlvr]

Yeah there's all types of different aquatic habitats here, which makes for some very diverse wildlife. Swamps, rivers, rocky streams, marshes, the ocean. Since I'm a herp guy too it's a double win for me! I've seen almost everything I wanted to find as a kid in the past 2 years. Everything from swampfish and Elassoma to sirens, alligators, and sea turtles. I've seen my fair share of sharks and stingrays too. The only things I'm missing from my list are hellbenders, pygmy rattlesnakes and pygmy killifish.

[fishlvr]

Sailfin molly and leopard frog tadpole

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American eel??

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Ticked off fiddler crab

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5ft yellow rat snake. Just as ticked off

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I also found some Azolla sp which I've added to my tub, along with a couple different kinds of duckweed and red ludwigia.

[don212]

nice pics impressive black widow

[fishlvr]

Yeah she was huge and had very bright markings.

And here's the Azolla and duckweed

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[gerald]

What's the darker green plant?  Mayaca?  Leaves look too slender for Elodea.

Beautiful rat snake.

[fishlvr]

Yeah I kinda wondered the same thing. I think it may be Hydrilla. But honestly I have no idea.

[gerald]

Snap a pic or 2 of that Hydrilla-like plant with a ruler laid next to it.  Is it something you found local?  Are the leaves arranged in whorls, and if so, how many leaves per whorl?  (Dont try to count leaves near the growing tip where the nodes are short and compact; look a bit farther down the stem where there's some space between nodes).

[fishlvr]

I counted leaves already. 6 leaves per whirl, and leaves are serrated. Found locally; however several aquatic plants have been introduced down here. I'll get some pics tomorrow.

[gerald]

Probably is Hydrilla then.  Mayaca leaves are alternate, not arranged in whorls.

[fishlvr]

Probably. Eventually I'll get around to ID'ing some of these plants. I have 2 that I have no clue what they are and this Hydrilla stuff.