Re: NANFA-- crayfish id

Al G Eaton (sege7_2000_at_yahoo.com)
Wed, 3 Sep 2003 16:50:11 -0700 (PDT)

off the top of my head I would guess them to be
Oronectes immunis. But then its only a guess. Blue
variants are known and its a really widespread
species. Many crayfish can be separated by looking
at their pleopods. WEll at least I think so.

Klaus

--- Rick Phillips <philipsr_at_chartertn.net> wrote:
> I've become more interested in some local crayfish
> since Gator and others have
> been discussing capture techniques here on this
> list. I've found a couple of
> good websites with photos, but still am having a
> hard time with id. I've
> posted a photo of one very blue-gray crayfish I
> collected a few days ago here
> in northeast Tennessee at
> http://photos.yahoo.com/phoxinus02 under the
> crayfish folder. This one came from the Holston
> River in Hawkins County where
> a stream flows into the river. He was found under
> rocks. There was a reddish
> one with almost identical markings. Anyone have any
> ideas what species this
> is?
>
> Also I have been practicing Gator's techniques for
> capturing burrowing
> crayfish. This involves enlarging the burrow
> slightly and stirring the water
> up to muddy it. About 75% of the time so far I have
> been able to capture the
> crayfish in the burrow when he came up to
> investigate. Loads of fun and
> something else to enjoy while on fish watching and
> collecting trips.
>
> Rick
>
> Rick Phillips
> Kingsport, Tennessee
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