Cherax destructor

Common Yabby at Greenleigh, NSW

Cherax destructor at Greenleigh, NSW - 26 Aug 2021
Cherax destructor at Greenleigh, NSW - 26 Aug 2021
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Identification history

Cherax destructor 29 Aug 2021 MichaelBedingfield
Unidentified 29 Aug 2021 LyndalT

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User's notes

All our yabbies died in the drought so we were very pleased to find this one yesterday. it had one large claw and one small claw at the front

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Additional information

  • 25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

  • Cherax destructor Scientific name
  • Common Yabby Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 824m Recorded at altitude
  • 83 images trained Machine learning
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