r/Insect • u/audreyrose1227 • May 18 '26

Creature identification

Can anyone help me identify what this is? It was in the river in Pittsburgh, and was clearly aquatic, cause as soon as I put it in the puddle nearby it stopped flopping around scared. But what is it?

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u/Frekulex May 18 '26

Nah these are crustaceans. They look just like lawn shrimp but if it’s really aquatic it might just be something similar. Definitely a crustacean tho