Red Swamp Crawfish, Crayfish, Crawdad, Mudbug
Procambarus clarkii
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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Hanceville, Alabama
Phoenix, Arizona
Prescott Valley, Arizona
Malvern, Arkansas
Los Angeles, California
Lakeland, Florida
Patriot, Indiana
Belle Chasse, Louisiana
Coushatta, Louisiana
Halifax, Massachusetts
Beulaville, North Carolina
Defiance, Ohio
Maumee, Ohio
Astoria, Oregon
Gearhart, Oregon
Seaside, Oregon
Warrenton, Oregon
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
Ashaway, Rhode Island
Summerville, South Carolina
Houston, Texas
Humble, Texas
New Caney, Texas
Richmond, Texas
Tooele, Utah
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AndiGail
If they keep other pests out of the garden, then it is a good thing. Regardless of good or bad, our garden is organic and so we will just share our space with them and hope for the best.
I do know one thing, they help mix the clay with the compost so that part is good anyway. I will keep you posted on my blog.
ImperfectEnding
Hpyndixie
spring_luver
russelln
As has been said before by other site members you simply twist the abdomen from the thorax like you would with a lobster, peel the tail just like a lobster and eat the meat . Then you place the open cavity where you seperated the thorax and abdomen ... read more
renwings
We'd dangle a bit of bologna from our lunch in the water and they'd come running. Just a matter of snatching them out of the water and dropping them in a bucket.
Valkyrie_Mother
At least that's how we do it in the NW! :)
Xenomorf
I used to have them in a garden pond I had, but they somehow were able to snag all my smaller fish. I've found them in just about every lake, stream, river or canal in Arizona.
Other Common names are: Russian "Raki"; Kazakh "Shaitanbalyk"; Turkmenian "Shaitanbalyk"; Azerbaijani "Kharchag".