Category Archives: Crustaceans

Peppermint Shrimp

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Raymie

This is a peppermint shrimp.  It is hard to see in this picture, but peppermint shrimp have red and white stripes like a peppermint stick.  The peppermint shrimp is a cleaner shrimp, like the scarlet cleaner shrimp, which means that … Continue reading →

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Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Raymie

This is a scarlet cleaner shrimp.  They are also called northern cleaner shrimp, skunk cleaner shrimp, and Pacific cleaner shrimp.  They are called skunk cleaner shrimp because they have a stripe on their back like a skunk. Scarlet cleaner shrimp … Continue reading →

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Crayfish

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Raymie

When we went to Heckrodt Wetland Reserve on Saturday, we saw a tank with baby crayfish in it.  They were only about 1/2 inch long.  The lady that works at Heckrodt told me that when they first got them they … Continue reading →

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Red Swamp Crayfish

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Raymie

This is a red swamp crayfish, also called Louisiana red crayfish.  We saw this crayfish at the Bugs Alive exhibit this past Friday at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Red swamp crayfish are native to the gulf coast states and the … Continue reading →

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