Lots of empty shells reported by Tania Johnson on Citizen Scientists of Tasmania Facebook Page.
roughly 20mm in length. A school of 100 or so. Living in the shallows beneath a jetty
Not the greatest photos. Have tried to enlarge a few to help with identification.
On a ridgetop in a 'green and leafy' residential area at the foot of the Dandenong Ranges. Yabby holes seen near where this animal was found dead.
little pied cormorant eating it. looks too big to be a yabby
Caught in a shallow river, in an eel trap, using bacon as an attractant.
Caught as part of a research project for the University of Tasmania. Displays vivid patterns which intensify when stressed. Caught in the Liffey river, Tasmania.
was part of the subject ZOO2FE – Australian fauna & ecology at La Trobe University