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Jun 3, 2018 21:09:14   #
newtoyou Loc: Eastport
 
I raised this from egg.25 mm long Not a crab or a shrimp,a dweller of vernal pools. If a winner, I will send you some eggs and instructions.GROW your own _______.



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Jun 3, 2018 21:21:09   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
horse shoe crab

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Jun 3, 2018 21:27:29   #
newtoyou Loc: Eastport
 
A clearer picture of the " head".



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Jun 3, 2018 21:37:51   #
Muddyvalley Loc: McMinnville, Oregon
 
Fairy shrimp? Oops, you said no shrimp.
Vernal pool fairy shrimp.

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Jun 3, 2018 21:55:39   #
newtoyou Loc: Eastport
 
I said no crabs,too. Thing is ,the two mentioned are not crabs or shrimp either.

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Jun 4, 2018 00:17:04   #
Muddyvalley Loc: McMinnville, Oregon
 
Lepidurus packardi

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Jun 4, 2018 10:00:15   #
newtoyou Loc: Eastport
 
Muddyvalley wrote:
Lepidurus packardi


You are very close.

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Jun 4, 2018 13:13:06   #
Muddyvalley Loc: McMinnville, Oregon
 
newtoyou wrote:
You are very close.


I'm in Oregon. Odds are you are in Calif. or S. Or.?

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Jun 5, 2018 18:18:45   #
newtoyou Loc: Eastport
 
I will end it . Mud valley was close. It is Triopes longacaudatus. Available on line and really an odd animal. Thank.

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Jun 5, 2018 19:12:17   #
Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI
 
I saw these once in water pools in Utah. Depressions in the rock fill up with water and eggs hatch and these quickly grow. One of the strangest crustaceans.

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