Comments on: a crayfish primer http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/03/13/a-crayfish-primer/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike Mills http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/03/13/a-crayfish-primer/comment-page-1/#comment-37832 Mike Mills Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:45:45 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/03/13/a-crayfish-primer/#comment-37832 link http://www.crayfishworld.com/idguide.htm fairly helpful, but you can easily become overwhelmed. I don't know of any good info on Orconectus in Ontario. link
http://www.crayfishworld.com/idguide.htm
fairly helpful, but you can easily become overwhelmed. I don’t know of any good info on Orconectus in Ontario.

]]> By: Therese http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/03/13/a-crayfish-primer/comment-page-1/#comment-37671 Therese Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:21:44 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/03/13/a-crayfish-primer/#comment-37671 Great photos! As a Cajun, I feel compelled to add that crawfish are really delicious! I've often wondered how I would have felt witnessing the mass exodus of crawfish from the Southwest Louisiana marshes the day before Hurricane Audrey hit in 1957. People gathered them up for a crawfish boil that would never take place. I think when the critters leave the coast, it's also time for me to go! Great photos! As a Cajun, I feel compelled to add that crawfish are really delicious! I’ve often wondered how I would have felt witnessing the mass exodus of crawfish from the Southwest Louisiana marshes the day before Hurricane Audrey hit in 1957. People gathered them up for a crawfish boil that would never take place. I think when the critters leave the coast, it’s also time for me to go!

]]> By: burning silo http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/03/13/a-crayfish-primer/comment-page-1/#comment-37628 burning silo Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:12:28 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/03/13/a-crayfish-primer/#comment-37628 FC - A few months ago, I did make the suggestion that we could establish an <i>Ottawa Valley Rusty Crayfish Festival</i> as a combination tourist attraction - invasive species eradication event, but as one of my biologist friends quickly pointed out, the struggling surviving crayfish species might accidentally be harvested along with O. rusticus. Still, it's not a bad idea as there are large numbers of these crayfish in a couple of the local watersheds. It probably wouldn't take much work to round up a few thousand crayfish for the event. FC – A few months ago, I did make the suggestion that we could establish an Ottawa Valley Rusty Crayfish Festival as a combination tourist attraction – invasive species eradication event, but as one of my biologist friends quickly pointed out, the struggling surviving crayfish species might accidentally be harvested along with O. rusticus. Still, it’s not a bad idea as there are large numbers of these crayfish in a couple of the local watersheds. It probably wouldn’t take much work to round up a few thousand crayfish for the event.

]]> By: FC http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/03/13/a-crayfish-primer/comment-page-1/#comment-37614 FC Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:26:39 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/03/13/a-crayfish-primer/#comment-37614 Me too. I sit down and think, what shall I post about? And then it just happens. Me too on crawfish also. I'm a rock flipper from way back. We have a good variety of crawfish here in FL too, and I enjoy catching them for aquariums at school. I usually bring in a few dozen live ones for a crustacean behavior lab with the kids. It's always a big hit. Have you folks thought of eating this invader to help slow it's spread? Me too.
I sit down and think, what shall I post about? And then it just happens.

Me too on crawfish also. I’m a rock flipper from way back. We have a good variety of crawfish here in FL too, and I enjoy catching them for aquariums at school. I usually bring in a few dozen live ones for a crustacean behavior lab with the kids. It’s always a big hit.

Have you folks thought of eating this invader to help slow it’s spread?

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