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Crawdaddy Id

Started by Guest_fishlvr_* , Oct 25 2007 06:18 PM

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#1 Guest_fishlvr_*

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Posted 25 October 2007 - 06:18 PM

Could anyone possibly ID this little crawdad? I think its and Orconectes sp., but I'm not 100% sure. It's a Form 1 male. I got him from a little creek behind my house, which comes off the Flint River.

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#2 Guest_diburning_*

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Posted 25 October 2007 - 08:50 PM

Could anyone possibly ID this little crawdad? I think its and Orconectes sp., but I'm not 100% sure. It's a Form 1 male. I got him from a little creek behind my house, which comes off the Flint River.

orconectes virilis

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#3 Guest_fishlvr_*

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Posted 26 October 2007 - 03:43 PM

I looked up O. virilis. It doesn't live in GA, as far as I can find.

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#4 Guest_RichardA_*

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Posted 26 October 2007 - 05:04 PM

try meana

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#5 Guest_fishlvr_*

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Posted 26 October 2007 - 05:38 PM

try meana

Did you mean menae?

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#6 Guest_RichardA_*

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Posted 26 October 2007 - 06:39 PM

Did you mean menae?

Yeah.....LOL

Long day....

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#7 Guest_fishlvr_*

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Posted 26 October 2007 - 10:24 PM

Yeah.....LOL

Long day....

I don't think that's it either. They're also on the endangered list, so I'm definitely hoping that's not it.

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#8 Guest_RichardA_*

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Posted 27 October 2007 - 09:56 AM

hmmmm

Hard to tell really. A good tank shot after it settles in may help narrow it down some more.

Nice looking craw anyway.

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#9 Guest_fishlvr_*

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Posted 27 October 2007 - 10:18 AM

hmmmm

Hard to tell really. A good tank shot after it settles in may help narrow it down some more.

Nice looking craw anyway.

Yeah, crawdads can definately be hard to ID, except red swamps and rusties. They're so commmon and invasive that just about everyone knows what they look like.

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#10 Guest_ashtonmj_*

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Posted 02 November 2007 - 10:07 AM

I wouldn't discount virilis, just because it isn't documented there doesn't make it so. They are EVERYWHERE fisherman go...It certainly looks like a virilis though

For future crayfish pictures....flip it over!!!! :grin:

Especially if it is a male, and get a good close up of the gonopods. Take some other close ups of the claws, the rostrum, even the carapace would help. Otherwise there are going to be alot of shot in the dark idnetifications, especially for southeastern fauna.

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#11 Guest_fishlvr_*

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Posted 02 November 2007 - 06:09 PM

I wouldn't discount virilis, just because it isn't documented there doesn't make it so. They are EVERYWHERE fisherman go...It certainly looks like a virilis though

For future crayfish pictures....flip it over!!!! Especially if it is a male, and get a good close up of the gonopods. Take some other close ups of the claws, the rostrum, even the carapace would help. Otherwise there are going to be alot of shot in the dark idnetifications, especially for southeastern fauna.

I've still got him, so I'll try to get a good close-up of the gonopods. I found it in a small stream that no one fishes in, so if it is virilis I'd be surprised.

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#12 Guest_diburning_*

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Posted 10 November 2007 - 12:19 PM

it looks like a young rusty to me

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#13 Guest_fishlvr_*

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Posted 10 November 2007 - 12:30 PM

That's the biggest they get, so I don't think they're rusties.

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#14 Guest_ashtonmj_*

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Posted 10 November 2007 - 04:17 PM

It's not a rusty. The areola is too wide, the claw tips are red instead of black/orange. Rusty do not have a chestnut pattern on the carapace either. I'd still stick with virilis. If you still have it and it's and F1 Male flip it over and get a picture of the gonopods for a positive ID.

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#15 Guest_fishlvr_*

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Posted 10 November 2007 - 05:47 PM

Ok. I'll try again. I think I'm going to have to turn the flash off on my camera to do that. I've tried with the flash on and everything comes out too bright.