There's nothing like sharing the love, but officials as far north as North Carolina aren't smiling over the latest invasive species making its way up the East Coast from Florida: blue land crabs.
That means you might start to spot blue land crabs around this time of year as the female crabs venture out to sea to release their eggs, a time period called spawning season that lasts from June to ...
Blue land crabs are edible and are a food source in the Bahamas and the Caribbean. In Florida, harvesting blue land crabs is prohibited from July 1 through Oct. 31. Blue land crabs can be caught by ...
Georgia officials recently asked for the public's help in spotting non-native blue land crabs. But further down the coast in Florida, officials are accustomed to the spiny ocean crawlers. That's ...
Invasive blue land crabs native to warmer climes have been spotted along the Georgia coast recently, wildlife officials warned Wednesday. The blue land crabs, as their name implies, live much of their ...
Perhaps one of the last commercially important species that is still harvested from the St. Johns River is the blue crab. According to the St Johns River Report, over 1.2 million pounds valued at $3.1 ...
Blue land crabs have been creeping their way up the East Coast, prompting officials in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina to issue warnings about the potentially invasive species. In a ...
Unwanted insect infestations cause nightmares. Unwanted crab infestations hundreds of miles from the nearest beach cause confusion. Esther Thomas says she went to the internet for guidance after ...
Creepy, crawly arthropods have been invading homes and terrorizing people with their presence since the dawn of human history, so much so that knowing how to deal with interlopers like spiders and ...
GEORGIA, USA — If you see this new blue land crab anywhere in Georgia, take a photo and report it! The Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) is warning residents of ...