Ep. 287 : Considering Crayfish

<p>Crayfish have fascinated me all my life. My mother told me stories of finding bright blue crayfish in streams as she was growing up. I see them now everyday in the river I live and work alongside. Crayfish are plentiful and seem to be throughout the Great Lakes bioregion, but I still don’t know enough about them. I want to know more. </p><p>Summer is pretty much through, and Autumn is in the air. I can smell it. And really, it’s been a while since I have released a new show, but I have been thinking about this one for a good long time. I just keep getting hung up on the unanswered questions. I hope that just going through the motions, and ignoring the self doubt, might be enough to get back into the game. </p><p>Photo: <em>Rusty Crayfish in Guelph By Ryan Hodnett - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, </em><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=97211151"><em>https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=97211151</em></a><em>, edited for clarity and cropped.</em></p><p><strong>To learn more :</strong><br><a href="https://www.invadingspecies.com/downloads/National.Crayfish.Field.Guide-2026.pdf" target="_blank">Field Guide to Crayfishes in Canada</a> (pdf)<br><a href="https://crowspath.org/natural-history/crayfish/" target="_blank">Crow’s Path Natural History of Crayfish</a><br><em>Tracks and Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates </em>by Charley Eiseman and Noah Charney. Stackpole Books, 2010.<br><em>A Guide To Common Freshwater Invertebrates of North America </em>by J. Reese Voshell, Jr. McDonald &amp; Woodward Publishing Company, 2002.<br><a href="/blog/crayfish-gastroliths" target="_blank">Crayfish Gastroliths, which I didn’t talk about but should have.</a></p><p></p>