Crayfish! Over the past couple of weeks it's been very exciting to learn that our Giant Freshwater Crayfish (Astacopsis gouldi) weren't all washed away in last year's floods. They've just been hiding.

Check out the colours on this smallish one we found today.

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I'm missing our Giant Freshwater Crayfish. I haven't seen any big ones since the creeks flooded in October. Last week we had an official survey done and none were found, so they almost certainly washed away in the flood.

Not all bad news, though, as the creek quality is still ideal and they'll likely wander back up into our creeks from the main one in coming years.

The first two photos are from a May 2022 survey. This is the world's largest freshwater invertebrate and only lives in the waterways of northern Tasmania.

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