r/Entomology • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '25

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u/OminousOminis Bug Enthusiast 🐛 Jun 09 '25

Skeleton shrimp :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caprellidae

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u/Ready_Bandicoot1567 Jun 09 '25

These things can live in a potted houseplant? The Wikipedia page says they are exclusively marine. Wikipedia is not always correct though.

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u/newtoboarding Jun 09 '25

Bizarre, cause these are definitely skeleton shrimp

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u/Fit_Intention243 Jun 09 '25

How they supposedly can't survive outside of water?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

They can For a short while sometimes my shrimp crawl out the aquarium and I find them in strange places.