Species Check?

Piston · Post by **Piston** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:57 am

Found this little dude hanging out in the PP tank at the local store. I've never seen a PP with such red eyestalks and antennae, though! Sorry I couldn't get pictures of the big claw/shield leg.

Either way he's a cutie and I'm tempted to go back for him.

Post by **wodesorel** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 12:13 pm

Congrats! It's a Viola.

It's a very rare occurrence to find them in shops. You're lucky! GO GET HIM!

Crabinski · Post by **Crabinski** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:18 pm

Wow! Is the pet store a mom-and-pop or part of a chain? As Wode said, this is a rarity as most chain stores usually carry PPs with the occasional E.

Piston · Post by **Piston** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 10:23 am

Aw man that's awesome! I'm going out of town for the weekend but now I'm really tempted to swing by and see if they'll hold him for me. It's a mom and pop exotics shop, yeah. They get Es, staws, and blueberries on occasion, but I've never seen any other species.

Edit: Managed to convince the husbeast to run by the shop before we left and snagged him haha.

Arosewithashell3 · Post by **Arosewithashell3** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:01 pm

I would say you have a RUGGIE!

you can tell by the thick steipes and some ruggies tend to have red antennas too! Have fun with your hermies! :crabbigsmile:

Arosewithashell3 · Post by **Arosewithashell3** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:02 pm

Arosewithashell3 wrote:I would say you have a RUGGIE!
you can tell by the thick steipes :

stripes* sorry

HCA: Hermit Crab Association

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