Sullivan's Island

On Thursday, January 17th I found these things on Sullivan's island along the beach. That day was very sunny and warm. We walked along the beach on access 11 and then through a trail through the woods behind the shore. My favorite observation was the tiny fuzzy crab. The specific species has not yet been identified. A couple weeks later I saw a much larger, similar crab on Folly beach and it was identified as an Atlantic Ghost Crab. I found the names of the observations we saw also particularly interesting. Names like Beach Suncup, Creeping Cactus, and Bitter Panicgrass stood out to me. Some of the names make me wonder who came up with that and why it is called that. We also spotted an Atlantic Horseshoe Crab but it was just the shell, near by was also a smaller one, which made me curious as to how or why those to Horseshoe Crab's were washed ashore with just the shell.

Publicado el febrero 5, 2019 11:17 TARDE por landsb