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When my wife and I were in Florida a couple of weeks ago we saw small crabs on the trees.  Here are some pictures of them.

I wonder why they would climb trees!  Seems strange!  Great pictures.

I never would have thought crabs would be in or on trees!  Thank you. 

Yes, it does sound strange but we saw them on Sanibel Island.

Very interesting~

I rember seeing them on the mangrove trees in Florida too.

it looks like they are mangrove tree crabs, Aratus pisonii, is one of several species of crabs belonging to the Family Sesarmidae. The mangrove tree crab, Aratus pisonii, is one of several species of crabs belonging to the Family Sesarmidae.

link   http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Aratus_pisoni.htm