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In which months do the swimming crabs turn yellow? As a person who has lived by the sea since childhood, let me tell you:

The swimming crabs are the most popular here. One of the three common types of crabs, the other two being the red crab and the scalloped crab. These two types of crabs are basically wild, and swimming crabs are now said to be farmed. In China, the quality produced in Donggou, Dandong is the best, and ours is also called "Big Flying Crab Roe".

The most delicious thing about swimming crabs is the yellow color inside their lids, which is only found in female swimming crabs and the yellow color in male crabs.

There are two times a year when swimming crabs lay eggs, which is when swimming crabs turn yellow. The yellow color of the swimming crab is the roe of the female crab.

So for swimming crabs, around the Qingming Festival and August 15th every year, the temperature of the seawater is most suitable for crabs to lay eggs, so the female crabs all have seeds at this time, which means they are yellow!