| Latin name | observation date | location |
|---|---|---|
| Dardanus Calidus | 6 December 2023 | indonesia,aceh Utara, lhokseumawe, Kuala Pasee Kuta Geulumpang cypress tree area |
I have visited this place several times to find peace because this place is right on the beach. Here I found lots of picture objects that caught my attention, such as the natural surroundings, mushrooms, insects, and hermit crabs which often passed in front of me when I was enjoying the beauty of nature. When they passed in front of me, my brain immediately thought, where is the nest/hiding place for these beautiful animals?? Because I know this snail is more active at night. It turned out that it was true that this snail's nest was not far from where we were sitting or an area that was often used as a place for visitors to relax, about 50 meters from where we were sitting I started to find more of these beautiful snails hanging around, I was very curious about the shape and area of this snail's nest without I wasted my time immediately looking for the whereabouts of this beautiful snail's nest.
Not far from where I was sitting I found a hermit crab whose shell was infected with parasites. It seemed like this umang umang needed help because when I approached 8ni the umang umang didn't move at all he just stayed in place without any fear of my coming. Luckily I brought scissors and I immediately used them to scrape off the parasites in the hermit crab's shell.
The first nest I found, a nest/shelter that was far from my expectations. In my mind, this animal has a nice and habitable nest, it turns out it only nests in tree gaps and on top of piles of trees, in one hole like this there are approximately 10 inhabitants.
It turns out they also like to nest in trees with piles of pine leaves. I don't know why hermit crabs with shell shapes like this are so happy to nest in pine trees. I rarely find shapes like this, I don't know why, even though every shape of the hermit crab is the same type, it just has a different shell, but this rich shape looks like it has a different position or class.
I saw a pine tree trunk left over from pieces that had rotted, I saw that around it there were several natural holes, after I lifted it, it was true that this rotten log had become a hiding place for hermit crabs in very large numbers.
From a distance I took a photo of my friend who was taking pictures of mushrooms and hermit crabs. 🤣🤣 while lying down to aim at a predetermined object, it's like a soldier on the battlefield who is ready to attack his opponent😁😁.
Under the bushes I saw a lot of holes in the ground, I don't know what animal's nest this is, is this a hermit crab's nest?
I didn't dare look into the hole because the conditions around it did not rule out the possibility that this could be a nest for poisonous snakes.
The most common nest I find is a pile of pine tree leaves. Almost 70% of the hermit crabs that live in this area choose to live on piles of pine tree leaves, but I only saw certain shapes that were on top of these piles of leaves.
| Camera | Smartphone POCO X3 Pro | |
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| editing photo | Mobile Lightroom |
| photographer | biancamaura | |
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| Link | https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191944021 |
| Link to original | Cummunity |
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| Latitude | Longitude | Map |
|---|---|---|
| 5.150594 | 97.224390 | https://maps.app.goo.gl/3f6wBxGK2Xany9pU9 |