Crayfish

• They grow by shedding ("molting") their shells
• Must hide while their new shell hardens to protect their soft bodies
• Often found hiding under rocks during the day and foraging on the stream bed during the night
• Females may be seen with eggs or young clinging to the underside of their abdomen
• Most live only two years, but some may live up to six or seven years

• Up to six inches long
• Eyes stand out from the body
• Two or four antennae
• Body covered with hard, platelike shell
• Ten legs, two of these are large claws
• Color is red, orange, brown or dark-colored

• abdomen
• antennae
• forage
• platelike