fishfanny79
Member
I was wondering how you can tell the difference between a dead sally lightfoot and just a molt...
I went camping over the weekend and when I came back, I had one or the other on my sandbed. Now since I wasn't home to notice it immediately I don't know what it first looked lik. If it was dead the cleanup crew did a number on it. Unless it's a molt...it has no eyes etc. When I look at it through the light, it almost looks see through and not dark in color like the sally was, which makes me think molt. But then again its sorta heavy. If it IS a molt, how long before he will come back out from hiding again?
Any ideas or tips to see if its a molt or a dead crab? (it's still in my freezer pending a decision to autopsy or not) If it is dead, it will be my first casualty...
I went camping over the weekend and when I came back, I had one or the other on my sandbed. Now since I wasn't home to notice it immediately I don't know what it first looked lik. If it was dead the cleanup crew did a number on it. Unless it's a molt...it has no eyes etc. When I look at it through the light, it almost looks see through and not dark in color like the sally was, which makes me think molt. But then again its sorta heavy. If it IS a molt, how long before he will come back out from hiding again?
Any ideas or tips to see if its a molt or a dead crab? (it's still in my freezer pending a decision to autopsy or not) If it is dead, it will be my first casualty...