Sporadic at Best... Crayfish Observations 12.11.2017

Scouted 5 park locations today in the Mesquite area near highway 80.

Started at Florence and Vanston Parks off Oates. No sign of crayfish or recurring water at either location.

Proceeded West to the Eastfield Community College Campus. Varied and permanent looking terrain that would generally support multiple species of crayfish proved fruitless. Definitely worth checking again.

Moving back East I stopped at McKenzie park adjacent to McKenzie elementary school where three specimens two live and one dead were collected and posted this evening. The area sampled was a culvert alternating between concrete and hard clay lining with no major waterways marked on Google maps.

Lastly, after heading south some ways on Peach tree road we collected two other specimens in another hard clay lined drainage just North of Galloway park. There was obvious signs of long term burrowing crayfish populations..

Posted on Δεκέμβριος 12, 2017 0558 ΠΜ by wilddallas