7 Fun Blue Crab Facts | 水產百科網

We’re right in the middle of crab season in Maryland, and we’re loving it. We’ve got the best and freshest crabs coming in every day and we’re serving ’em up with our classic blend of Costas Inn seasoning! Yum!

Since we’ve got crabs on the mind, we thought we’d use this week’s blog to share a few fun blue crab facts you might not have known. Sure, most of us know how to distinguish between a male and a female by looking at the apron, but did you know there’s another way to tell whether the crab is a male or female? Learn this fun fact, and more, in our blog!

Check out these fun blue crab facts!

How else can you tell the difference between a male and female?

In addition to looking at the apron (males have an apron shaped like the Washington monument), there’s another way to tell if a crab is male or female. Mature female crabs’ two claws are both tipped with an unmistakable reddish orange that gives them a ...