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Fox
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: S. Grafton, Massachusetts
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Went to Crane Beach in Ipswich, MA today with a few friends. Very nice and interesting place. I didn't get as many pictures as I usually would as I was reacquainting myself with how difficult it is to walk in very fine sand (especially up a hill) and how important it is to not neglect the tops of one's feet when using sunblock.
While walking through one of the tidal pools my friend noticed this little (1") creature swimming around the shallow edges. It was moving pretty fast but I was lucky enough to get one ID worthy photo. Can anybody help me with that? ![]() Later that same friend also spotted a Clam Worm (as I IDed it later) which, to her shock and disgust, I picked up for her to examine at closer range. After putting it back where I had found it, she insisted that I pick it back up and take it out further so that it wasn't stranded on the beach by the receding tide. Knowing that the worm probably belonged right where I'd found him, I faked it. My friend is a wonderful person but is also a force of nature herself. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of the Clam Worm as I had stashed my camera in my satchel to protect it from the surf splashing against my knees. To retrieve it would have taken both hands, necessitating somebody besides me holding the specimen. I didn't need to ask to know that I would have no volunteers.
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The Bug Whisperer
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Monroe County, WV, USA
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Possibly a crustacean in the order Isopoda - terrestrial examples of this group include sowbugs, pillbugs, woodlice, etc.
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Fox
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: S. Grafton, Massachusetts
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Thank you, suunto. That lead got me exploring which led to this...
Giant isopod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Now that's a pillbug!
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Heron
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: powell,Ohio
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Cool photo! Suunto could probably confirm this but don't the terrestrial members of the order isopoda have gills or some modified version of them?
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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I'll say!
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The Bug Whisperer
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Monroe County, WV, USA
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Yes they do - That's why they must have access to a moist environment as their gills must be kept moist in order to function.
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Location: Pennsylvania
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I tell you...I learn so much on this forum. ![]()
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Heron
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: British Columbia. Canada
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I took one like this and noticed something at the bootm of the animal. The second shot shows us looking at it in the reflection.
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Cajun Country, Louisiana, USA
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I do believe you were correct!
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Cool photo of you all in the reflection...perhaps you should enter it here: http://www.wildlifegardeners.org/forum/member-photos/89-wonder-who-will.html
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critter, crustacean, giant isopod, isopod, isopoda, order, pillbugs, pool, sowbugs, tidal, woodlice |
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