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Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 6:51 pm
by Jan K
Two not so Red Irish Lords being cozy on the wall at Possession Point Fingers
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 8:20 pm
by Dusty2
Nice camo and good eyes for seeing them. RIL's are really good at that game.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:52 am
by Chenari
Awwww they're so cute together!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 10:02 am
by DonGeorge
Cutest picture ever! ;-)
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 1:03 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 3:51 pm
by LCF
Squat lobsters are one of my very favorite things for photographers to record -- they have those permanent "happy face" smiles, which I can't see through my mask, but show up so nicely in pictures.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 3:38 pm
by Jan K
This shrimp was not so lucky ...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:47 pm
by Dusty2
I really like those two red dendronotid pix. Really tough guys to get a good shot of.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:32 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 7:49 pm
by Jan K
The Whitespotted greenling is still guarding the eggs, most of the Bull kelp is now gone from
the vicinity ofthe eggs. I sure hope they will hatch successfully. Still no eyes showing..
Leopard sure fits this nudibranch's name ..
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:29 pm
by Zen Diver
Jan, your work continues to fill me with awe and wonder. You're amazing.
Valerie
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 11:41 am
by Jan K
Thank you Val for your kind words, I am glad you enjoy my take on our critters ...
I find many more Butterfly crabs then I do Umbrellas.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:19 pm
by nwscubamom
Love it!! Totally looks like Darth Vader's helmet and cape. And thanks for the side-by-side on the umbrella vs. butterfly. I always get those confused on those.
- Janna
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:32 pm
by Jan K
As I said, plenty of Butterflies around the rocks of Keystone Jetty ...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:58 pm
by Dusty2
Wow! Nice collection. Amazing how many different colors and combination's there are. I like the black one with pink wings
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:38 pm
by Blaiz
nice collection indeed! and here I get all excited to find ONE crab
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:22 pm
by Jan K
Blaiz wrote:nice collection indeed! and here I get all excited to find ONE crab
I hope you don't think I saw all of them on one dive ? It is usually ONE crab once in a while scenario ...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 6:48 am
by LCF
Keystone is the only place I've ever seen butterfly crabs, and I've seen them there several times, but never with a bright stripe down the middle of the carapace like the ones in your pictures, Jan. That's cool!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 6:59 am
by Blaiz
lol no i dont expect all on one dive, but that's a couple year's worth of collage photos at least
so far ive seen two butterfly crabs in six months, so your dozen or more.....
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:49 pm
by Jan K
OK, maybe the Lingcod didn't get its black eye this way, but I can't find explanation anywhere...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 10:55 pm
by Dusty2
Maybe that's part that sticks out of his cave and he got a tan!
Nice catch though to get it from two angles.
Seriously maybe it's a sexual change thing. I know that the females tend to be much darker and that some fish do change sexes as they mature?? Guess we have to hope Greg knows.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 11:04 pm
by Dusty2
LCF wrote:Keystone is the only place I've ever seen butterfly crabs, and I've seen them there several times, but never with a bright stripe down the middle of the carapace like the ones in your pictures, Jan. That's cool!
Maybe Greg can say yeah or nay to this. I have seen a few of these and I'm thinking that it has something to do with molting. These guys split right down the middle where the line is when they molt??
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 12:24 am
by nwscubamom
Oh my goodness! I saw the very same thing with the Ling Cod up off Vancouver Island in October! I know we're not supposed to post our pics on your thread Jan, but check this out!
I thought it was just something weird with that ONE fish - but your photo makes me think it's more than that...
- Janna
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:42 pm
by Jan K
White-lined dironas are plentiful now at Lagoon Point. Wandering along the muddy bottom
meeting some interesting critters, trumpet and sapsucker among others...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:43 pm
by Greg Jensen
Dusty2 wrote:LCF wrote:Keystone is the only place I've ever seen butterfly crabs, and I've seen them there several times, but never with a bright stripe down the middle of the carapace like the ones in your pictures, Jan. That's cool!
Maybe Greg can say yeah or nay to this. I have seen a few of these and I'm thinking that it has something to do with molting. These guys split right down the middle where the line is when they molt??
Has to be a 'nay'- nothing to do with molting. All crabs back out of their old molt, with the split occurring where the rear of the carapace meets the abdomen.