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[*] posted on 8-28-2006 at 05:33 PM
Crusties? What are they?


What are those big bugs on the shore of the SOC? They look kind of like c-ckroaches...They seem to be mainly on the cobblestone beaches by the hundreds...They are about 1 1/2" long and they scurry all over the rocks

Anybody know what they are called?
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[*] posted on 8-28-2006 at 09:14 PM
"They" are the reason that I never sleep -----


----on the ground near the water-------it is cots, or in the camper, for me. I have no idea what they are, and I am not sure I want to know.:o:o
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[*] posted on 8-28-2006 at 10:04 PM


Not sure of the name but they taste good......:O
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[*] posted on 8-28-2006 at 10:10 PM


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----on the ground near the water-------it is cots, or in the camper, for me. I have no idea what they are, and I am not sure I want to know.:o:o


:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:




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[*] posted on 8-28-2006 at 10:11 PM


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Not sure of the name but they taste good......:O


:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:




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[*] posted on 8-28-2006 at 10:50 PM


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What are those big bugs on the shore of the SOC? They look kind of like c-ckroaches...They seem to be mainly on the cobblestone beaches by the hundreds...They are about 1 1/2" long and they scurry all over the rocks

Anybody know what they are called?


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[*] posted on 8-28-2006 at 11:27 PM


Well, yuk!
Thank you for sharing, Cardon. :P




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[*] posted on 8-28-2006 at 11:37 PM


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[*] posted on 8-29-2006 at 05:23 AM


Susan just saw some of those and asked the same thing...

Description:
Isopod
Suborder Oniscoidea

Body usually large and robust
Mostly terrestrial

1 antenna
2 Flagellum of antenna larger with more than 10 articles when mature.
Up to 1 inch

Eyes separated by one full eye diameter
Uropods are nearly half as long as the body
with basal segments several times as long

Where this can be found:
Sonoma County, CA to Central America.

Habitat:
Rock crevices
Under algae during high tides
Seen mostly in the evening, especially at low tide.

Hides most of the day in crevices or under stones just above the high tide line.

At night and at low tides he forages
He is a scavenger, plus feeds on microscopic algae.

This species is nearly terrestrial but must keep his gills moist It dips it's abdomen into the water to keep moist

It will drown if forced to stay underwater.

This species is very tolerant to water loss.
They are paler at night than during the day




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[*] posted on 8-29-2006 at 07:56 AM


Cardon,
Yeap those are them...Thanks! I had no idea on where/how to search for them.

Freaky little creatures...
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