Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Claws

Sometimes the claw is the only evidence. This is from one of the rock crab family, I think.

Asian Shore Crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus). Another tentative ID.

Atlantic Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus).

Flat-clawed Hermit (Pagurus pollicaris). (Gave this one its own post.)

One response to “Claws”

  1. I found some leftovers like this on a cedar tree stump beside my pond many years ago. Likely a crawdad.

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