Ghost Crabs are quite small (maybe 5”) crabs that are very quick to get back into their holes if you get too close to them. They dig their holes on beaches all over Barbados, so very easy to spot one from yards away. Sometimes it seems like the beach is littered with them, and then they get startled and all disappear into their holes.
I feel very lucky to have got this photo before this little guy disappeared. I’m not sure if they get their names from their pale sandy colour or the fact that one moment you see one and the next moment it’s gone … or perhaps a bit of both.
Ghost Crabs tend to come out of hiding at low tide, and their holes are frequently cover by water, but some holes are above the high water mark too - I think the important thing for them is that they live in holes on the beach with superb camouflage.
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