The Great Crab Project

These are the crabs that I made for the environmental learning center. They are made of a heavy gauge wire armature with Sculptey, and painted with acrylics. Click to enlarge photos.

 Adult male giant land crab

 Adult male giant land crab -- notice the eye stalks!

 Hermit Crab

Spider crab

Common blue crab

Fiddler crab

Fiddler crab -- hard to take his picture in focus because of the ridiculously big claw

Immature female giant land crab (this was the one I had a hard time identifying the legless carcass of)

Mangrove Tree Crab