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help identifying crawfish/crayfish/crawdad

Started by Guest_abluedaisy_* , Aug 10 2009 10:15 AM

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#1 Guest_abluedaisy_*

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Posted 10 August 2009 - 10:15 AM

I woke up this morning to a strange creature (dead) on my front porch. After doing some research, I believe that it is a crawfish/crayfish/crawdad. I would like to know what kind it is and what the heck is it doing on my porch? I have attached two pictures

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#2 Guest_Newt_*

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Posted 10 August 2009 - 10:50 AM

I believe there are only two crayfish species in that part of Florida, Procambarus alleni and P. fallax. I don't know how to distinguish between the two.

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#3 Guest_gzeiger_*

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Posted 10 August 2009 - 11:41 AM

I also don't know how to distinguish the Florida species, but usually positive identification of a crayfish requires a clear picture of the underside of the tail including the swimerettes.