Cold and rainy weather also signals crawfish to begin molting or shedding their shells, which makes them weaker and more prone to dying. If ponds freeze, most of the crawfish will die. If the ...

molting repeatedly along the way. Gale reveals another important cultural role of crawfish in the region, one that aligns with the peak spring season. "A crawfish boil has become a Good Friday ...

When it’s cold, crawfish burrow in the mud or go underground, but when it warms up, they start molting, which increases their size. “Like every crawfish season, the prices start higher in the ...

That’s because those crawfish are already shedding and molting, and these smaller ones are a little bit more active.” Cuevas also sees the price of mudbugs dropping as more fishermen get out ...

When it gets cold outside and snow begins to fall, people hunker down and so do crawfish. In early December, some Louisiana restaurants started serving up the boiled Gulf Coast delicacy ...

“These Mukilteo beaches represent a location where Dungeness crab molt shells have accumulated many times in the past on the shoreline,” he wrote. “Crabs of certain size categories and sex ...

Canada geese (Branta canadensis; geese) often congregate in high public use areas while molting during summer, resulting in increased nuisance complaints. We censused geese that inhabited a Cookeville ...