A painted spiny lobster (Panulirus versicolor) (Painted crayfish), Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Spiny lobsters under an overhang in Cozumel, Mexico.

Crayfish served at the Floyds Cajun Seafood restaurant, Beaumont, Texas, United States of America

Crayfish farm near Beaumont, Texas, United States of America

Crayfish in grassland near Beaumont, Texas, United States of America

Boiled crawfish, Cajun food, Cajun country, Louisiana, United States of America, North America

cray pot, wild, day, Western Australian rock lobster (panulirus cygnus), marine protected area, free-diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: checking pots for crayfish, catch and release if to small or females with eggs.

Crawfish Palinurus elephas

Crawfish Palinurus elephas

Crawfish Palinurus elephas, Sark, British Isles

Crawfishes at Oestermalms Saluhall, Oestermalm, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe

Seafood paella

Seafood paella, detail

Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor), adult in water eating Crayfish, Crawfish (Astacidae), Sinton, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas, USA

Spaghetti alla Chitarra pasta with big crawfishes and sea urchins, Orestorante restaurant, Ponza island, Lazio, Italy

Ravioli of sea bass with crawfish, Ippogrifo restaurant, Genoa, Ligury, Italy

Lobster, Centrale restaurant, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Bucatini pasta with fish amatriciana sauce, Orestorante restaurant, Ponza island, Lazio, Italy

Mussels and crawfish with vegetables, Italy

Pasta with crawfish, Il Giardino restaurant, Ancona, Marche, Italy.

Pasta with crawfish, Il Giardino restaurant, Ancona, Marche, Italy.

Seafood, Italy

A crawfish boil in New Orleans is a spring time tradition that is greatly anticipated each year

Common loon (Gavia immer) feeding a young loon with a crawfish in La Mauricie National Park; Quebec, Canada

The Mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) is also known as a clown mantis shrimp and peacock mantis shrimp, Cebu, Philippines

Caucasian man cooking crawfish outdoors