Invasive crayfish in Germantown

Posted by: Anonymous on September 9, 2009


DNR photo: DNR PUB-WT-918 2009

Invasive crayfish have been spotted in a pond in Germantown near the Menomonee River.

The red swamp crayfish, a species native to the Gulf Coast area and the Mississippi River downstream from southern Illinois, causes erosion and algae blooms, eats salmon eggs and outcompetes native crayfish.

How to identify red swamp crayfish.

DNR article

Journal Sentinel article