Sally Lightfoot Crab

Adult Sally Lightfoot Crab in fiery red-orange stands its ground on black volcanic lava rock

Angry Crab

Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus) One of the most vibrantly colored crabs in the world, juveniles start jet-black to camouflage against lava rock, then turn blazing red-orange as adults. Abundant year-round across the Galápagos shoreline, found on virtually every rocky coast in the archipelago. Wikipedia | iNaturalist

Adult Sally Lightfoot crab blazing red and orange against jet-black Galapagos lava rock under overcast skies.

Crab

Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus) One of the most vivid animals in the Galapagos – adults turn brilliant red-orange after spending their youth camouflaged in black to match the lava. Year-round residents of the Galapagos shoreline, found on nearly every rocky coast across the archipelago. Wikipedia | iNaturalist