The Blue Fiddler Crab !!!

Posted by Arindam Bhattacharya on Mon Aug 13, 2018 11:05 am

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We often ignore various small things while looking for the target species in the national parks. Sunderbans is such a place where you are bound to be stucked for the almighty Royal Bengal Tigers.

This time decided to look for some other species and encountered with this Blue Fiddler Crab. It is scouring in the muddy patch of mangroves.

Here is a short write up with couple of more images from the monsoon trip to the mangroves.
http://www.arindambhattacharya.com/2018 ... mangroves/

Thanks for your time

Canon 5D M3+ 500 F4 IS2
F4, 1/1000s, ISO 200.
July-2018
Sunderbans Tiger Reserve, India.

* This is not a Macro shot so posting it here in Wildlife forum.

Arindam Bhattacharya
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by Ron Day on Mon Aug 13, 2018 3:33 pm

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Lovely composition and great contrasting color. Well seen and captured, Arindam.

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by Cindy Marple on Mon Aug 13, 2018 4:18 pm

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Wow I didn't know there were crabs this shade of electric blue! I like the inclusion of it's hole and all the little mounds of sand. I assume it's leaving the trails of sand as it forages. Very nice.

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by Carol Clarke on Mon Aug 13, 2018 6:25 pm

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Well spotted Arindam! Excellent behaviour illustration with the little crab busy sifting through the mud and sand and spitting out the waste in those tiny lumps around its burrow. Good composition too! Well done.

Nice write up and some lovely images!

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by Cynthia Crawford on Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:07 am

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Good spotting- what an amazing color! Habitat is well done too. Enjoyed your other photos too.

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