Speaking of Jumbos, I went down to St. Louis to visit Daethian from All Things Crabby and we had a great time. We ended up going to Petco and checking out their hermit crabs. They had a strange mix of Jumbos, large crabs in painted shells, and small crab… more »

A lot of people are a little leary of adding a Jumbo Hermit Crab to their tank. For some, it's just because their current crabitat is too small, for others, it's the fear of those great big pinchers. Truly a jumbo hermit crab has the capability of doing… more »

This Indo was busted in the middle of trying to take down my hemp bridge! more »

One of my former students, Joe, was recently on vacation in hermit crab central and he was kind enough to bring back some photos of purple pinchers that were roaming around outside! Enjoy! more »