What an odd shaped blue swimmer crab I thought as it raised it claws to frighten me away. It was not until we met at eye level did the source of the odd symmetry become apparent. I quickly took my photo and then sheepishly backed away hoping to preserve some modesty. After all who wants […]
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You’d go mad too if you had to carry this home around on your back wherever you went. At least down here you’d not have to worry about clipping power lines, low overhang bridges, getting tangled up in tree line avenues or finding somewhere out of the sun. I found a lot of these little […]
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I always wondered why you had to travel North to find and catch the delicacy we grew up with, the Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus armatus). Living on the coast in South Australia you have to travel thousands of kilometers to the west or to the east before you can start following the coastline heading north. […]
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In the past I had described photographing hermit crabs as ‘low hanging fruit’ but this guy was not so easy. Clarrie’s Hermit Crab (Pagurixus handrecki) here under Rapid Bay Jetty is tiny, about the size of my little fingernail and was marching furiously around the top of its own private little hill. Despite the diminutive […]
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Shake, Rattle and Grow I immensely dislike the expression ‘low hanging fruit’ but when it comes to naturally photogenic, patient, and easy to photograph critters then hermit crabs fit the category. This Hermit Crab (Paguristes frontalisi) under Edithburgh Jetty is wearing a shell that is probably a new acquisition and watching it struggle around with […]
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