Crab;

A small crab produced in fresh water, shaped like a small crab, and its scientific name is the hand crab. Also known as crickets or crickets, mochu, commonly known as Duluzi, small crabs, etc. in rural areas. The head and breastplate are slightly square, the body is 2-3 cm wide, the back is greenish brown, the legs are hairless, the large claws are very thick, and the inside of the cover is yellow. The male chelipeds are larger and the female chelipeds are smaller. The chelipeds are hairless and the walking legs are hairy.

Crabs like to eat humus. They mainly eat microorganisms in the river, purple mud and small shells. They also use their claws to cut off rice leaves to absorb the juice. It has strong burrowing ability and fast walking speed. It is a common small freshwater crab. They mainly burrow in caves on the banks of rivers, ditches, etc. or in tidal flats and wetlands near the sea. They live in groups in the reeds on wet and muddy beaches. They are cave-dwelling and dormant animals. They enter the cave to hibernate before the beginning of winter every year.

After the Spring Festival of the second year, the crabs have exhausted all the omnivorous food in their abdomen, and the crab roe and crab meat are gradually plump. At this time, the meat is tender and the paste is like gelatin. It is pickled with salt or shrimp oil. Crab paste is yellow in color and has very high nutritional value. It has always been regarded as a delicacy. Most people like to eat it pickled with salt or wrapped in sauce. It is a good side dish to go with wine and a good cooking product.