Seashells, Sea Stars to Sleepy Crabs At Gulfside this Week
In nature, it’s impossible to predict when you might see a MILLIPEDE SEASTAR or find a large...
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Category: Crabs
Sanibel Wildlife Tango For Mango Madness
Last night’s mango sky brought out a mango tinted HORSESHOE CRAB along with several different mango colored seashells as well. Check out this BEAUTIFUL CRASSATELLA (9 o’clock) Clark found last night at Bowman’s...
Read MoreShellsational Sunsets at Blind Pass Sanibel
As the tide was rushing out of Sanibel’s Blind Pass channel, there were little pockets of semi-buried shells in the sand along the shoreline covered by only 3 inches of water. That’s where the treasures were last...
Read MoreAdventure In Paradise With Awesome Shellers
The only thing cloudy about our Captiva Cruises iLoveShelling trip to Cayo Costa were the live CLOUDY PERIWINKLES hiding in clusters on the tree roots at the south tip of the island. It’s been such a month on the...
Read MoreHealthy Living On The Coast Of Sanibel Island
If the Sanibel SEA LIFE could have talked last evening at low tide, they probably would have been chatting it up about how lovely the evening was and how healthy they were feeling…. just like us. This LINED STARFISH was...
Read MoreBaby Hermit Crab Video
HERMIT CRABS are funny! For some reason HERMIT CRABS seem whimsical to me so they make me laugh when I see their little legs start coming out of the opening of the shell then … whip … they’re gone again. They...
Read MoreHappy To Be Home On Sanibel
Combing the beach as the sun sets over the Sanibel fishing pier reminds us why we love our home. After getting back from Grand Bahama Island, we couldn’t wait to breathe in our own beach. We were greeted by a...
Read MoreTiny Sea Urchins And Beach Bling At Lighthouse Beach
SEA URCHINS! I haven’t seen SEA URCHINS washed up on our shores in quite a while… much less cutie itty bitty ones like this. I found dried tiny ones with spines as well… Normally if SEA URCHINS still have their...
Read MoreRunning For The Seashell Gold
The Sanibel sky after sunset last night had an amazing effect on the clouds and reflection on the water. My lens caught this little boy raising down the beach like he was running for the gold in the sky as it changed colors....
Read MoreBeach Bling By The Bazillions
Wow! There are bazillions of PEN SHELLS and EGG CASES on the beach at GULFSIDE CITY PARK… There are HORSE CONCH EGG CASES, LIGHTNING WHELK EGG CHAINS, PEAR WHELK CHAINS, PAPER FIG EGG CASINGS and SKATE EGG CASES....
Read MoreBeach Bling Babes
Now who in their right shelling mind could not think that this little baby LACE MUREX shell is not THE cutest thing that ever washed up at the Sanibel Lighthouse Beach? heehee What a cutie petutie! I even found smaller baby...
Read MoreBeach Bling Is A Wonderful Thing
If you want to learn the types of seashells, sea life, vegetation and what the different kinds of mollusk egg cases look like and live in the Gulf Of Mexico, you’ve got your chance this week. It all washed up on the beach...
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