After coconut crabs mate, females attach their eggs to special appendages and carry them under their abdomens.
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Pics. Yes you don t eat a female blue crab if it has an egg sack that has turned black that means she ready to lay and that its you can eat them. Only problem is if they are getting ready to have babies they may have yellow eggs in them.
Blue Crab National Wildlife Federation from www.nwf.org
Crabs are generally sold by the bushel or dozens. Not a whole lot of freedom, but i still am pleased with the outcome. With other species just the claws and/or legs are eaten.
And in species that are not good to eat, colors can provide a warning to potential predators.
And the fact that you might not be able to fish and eat them at all in the future if their populations continue to be threatened. Typically held in the summer, crab feasts are best enjoyed with a cold beer in hand. Products like hermit crab salt or oceanic salt provide the right sort of salt content for your hermit crab bath. In maryland, blue crab is often eaten with old bay seasoning.