How to distinguish male and female hermit crabs, and how to distinguish male and female hermit crabs

To distinguish between male and female hermit crabs, the following aspects are usually required:

1.External characteristics: Female hermit crabs are usually larger in body and have wider shells than male hermit crabs. Additionally, some species may have a wider shape under the abdomen to accommodate the eggs.

2.Abdominal morphology: The abdomen of the female hermit crab is usually large, round or flattened, and is used to hold eggs or hatch larvae. Whereas, male hermit crabs have smaller bellies and may also be narrower or more curved in shape.

3.First Tentacles: The first pair of tentacles of hermit crabs can be used to distinguish between sexes. The first pair of tentacles of male hermit crabs are usually larger, harder, and have distinct tooth-like structures than females, which are used to catch the female crab or protect themselves.

4.Behavioural behaviour: During the breeding season, female hermit crabs may exhibit behaviour in search of suitable shells and breeding sites. Male hermit crabs may be more active in protecting themselves and their territory.

It is important to note that different species of hermit crabs may have different characteristics and behaviors. If you want to distinguish the sex of a hermit crab of a certain species of hermit crab, it is best to refer to relevant professional guides or consult experts for more accurate and reliable information.

Here's how to tell the male and female of a crab:

1. Look at whether it is a pointed umbilicus or a round umbilicus, a small lid on the crab's belly near the bottom, the tip is narrow, the male is narrow, and the round width is female.

2. Looking at the abdomen, the crab's belly is a male crab with a triangular shape, and the round one is a female crab.

3. You can also look at the fluff on the legs of the crabs, the female ones are only a few scattered ones, which are basically smooth, and the male legs have fine hairs arranged like brushes.

1. Attention should be paid when eating crabs.

1. Hairy crabs should not be eaten with sweet potatoes, pumpkins, honey, pears, pomegranates, tomatoes, melons, peanuts, snails, celery, persimmons, rabbit meat, and nepeta; Eating crabs and not drinking cold drinks can cause diarrhea.

2. Pregnant women, people with gout or people with allergies should not eat crabs.

Natural enemies of crabs

1. Crab-eating fox: living in South America, the main food is crab meat, and occasionally eats some fruits, birds, insects, lizards, etc.

2. Goby: It is a carnivorous fish, which will live near shallows, reefs or corals filled with seawater, and some live in freshwater lakes or swamps, and these places are also the main habitats of crabs.

3. Squid: Although it is a mollusk, the wrists and feet of the squid are very powerful, and they can even break the shell, but most of the squid choose to use the beak mouth to bite the crab shell directly and eat.

4. Plover: It is a kind of water bird, living near the beach all year round, and its favorite is some small fish and shrimp, especially the crab is the favorite of the sand plover, as the natural enemy of the crab, it will pick up the crab and throw it out violently, until the shell of the crab is broken into pieces, and then use the sharp mouth shell to eat.

It's simple to tell the difference. Mainly look at the abdomen, the abdomen of male crabs is triangular and pointed, while the abdomen of female crabs is round or oval.

1. Look at the abdomen, look at the crab legs,The abdomen of male crabs is triangular and pointed, while the abdomen of female crabs is round or oval in shape. In this way, it is the easiest and most convenient to distinguish between male and female crabs, and people can distinguish them with their eyes. Unlike female crab crab legs, which have fine hairs on the front two legs, male crabs have dense hairs on all eight legs.

2. Look at the crab roeAmong the crabs, the orange-red grain is the crab roe, the crab with the crab roe is the female crab, and the crab roe is the ovaries and egg cells of the crab. Generally, around the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the female crab has mature gonads, and the crab meat is the fullest. Male crabs do not.

The female crab is round under the belly, and the male crab is a bell.

In the blink of an eye, it is the season to eat crabs, and the pike crabs we have here have begun to be listed in large quantities, the disparity is relatively large, ranging from more than ten yuan to fifty or sixty yuan a**, some people will feel that their different sizes have caused their ** differences, in fact, there are differences in crab sex and fatness, so how should we distinguish male crabs, female crabs and fin crabs when we choose pike crabs? What season is the fattest crab? What to do to make it the most delicious?

The sex of the pike crab.

Many people know that crabs are divided into male and female, but they don't know that there is a third gender of pike crabs, that is, fin crabs, fin crabs are female crabs that have not gone through mating, and after mating, fin crabs can be called female crabs, in this way, everyone should know it, so how do we distinguish male crabs from female crabs and fin crabs? Don't worry, let's move on.

Male crab: The navel of male crab is long, the individual is relatively large, and the meat is very firm, so it tastes the most delicious.

Female crab: The navel of the female crab is relatively large, and it is very round, and there will be patterns, but the female crab in the qualified season has just produced crab roe, and the meat is not fatty, and after the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, it will become fat and have crab roe.

Fin Crab: The navel of the fin crab is triangular and relatively small, but the taste is the fattest in this season.

In this way, we can distinguish their fatness, the crab has just been listed, the female crab has not yet crab roe, it is relatively thin, the male crab is very delicious, and the fin crab is the fattest, don't look at its size, but the meat quality will definitely bring you a lot of surprises. Crab is a kind of seafood, of course, to eat seafood, we must pay attention to freshness, steaming this method is the best way to retain the freshness of food, so crabs should be steamed to taste more delicious.

Many people will find such a situation when steaming crabs, that is, the crabs will be heated and struggling in the process of steaming, so that the crab legs will fall off, which will affect the beauty of the crabs, in order to solve this problem, we don't put the live crabs directly into the pot to steam, we must first use a sharp weapon to pass through the crab's mouth, so that the crab will die, and then steam it in the pot, so that the crab will not lose its legs.

Of course, you can also put the crab directly into the refrigerator to freeze for an hour, at this time the crab will not die, will only be frozen and fainted, and will not be heated and struggle to break the leg when steaming in the pot, and it will taste better in this way, here we should pay attention to it, if the crab is tied with a leather band, then we must take it off, if it is a straw rope and cotton thread, it doesn't matter, after all, the leather ring and the crab are steamed together, which will affect the taste of the crab, and it will also produce harmful substances after high temperature, It will have a certain impact on physical health.

This hairy crab is still quite good, ** is also very reasonable, although the male and female are random, but each one will have yellow cream, it tastes very fresh, and it is worth compensation when it dies.

Observed shape: The abdomen of the male crab is triangular, and all eight legs are hairy, while the abdomen of the female crab is round or oval, and only the front two legs have hairs. Observe the crab roe:

Crab roe is peculiar to female crabs and is yellow or orange-yellow in color. Observation of crab paste: Crab paste is the accessory gonads of male crabs and their secretions.

1. Observe the appearance

There is a clear difference between the appearance of male crabs and female crabs, the main difference is in the abdomen and legs, usually the abdomen of male crabs is triangular, and the eight crab legs are all hairy, while the abdomen of female crabs is round or oval, and only the front two crab legs have hairs.

2. Observe the crab roe

Crab roe is unique to female crabs, which is the ovaries and digestive glands of crabs, and the color is yellow or orange-yellow, and the crab roe contains crab eggs that are not excluded by female crabs, which has extremely high nutritional value, and mature female crabs are full of crab roe.

3. Observe the crab paste

The male and female of the crab can also be judged by the crab paste, because the crab paste is the accessory gonads and their secretions of the male crab, which is blue-white translucent jelly-shaped, and after the male crab matures, the accessory gonads are abnormally developed and will lift the crab shell.