Mudbugs are also known as
crawdads or
crawfish or
crayfish. The look like little
lobsters and live in
fresh water especially shallow
cricks with rocks and stones for the mudbugs to hide under. They are
easy to catch. Just put on
high water boots and
wade around till you get near one. Then reach down and
grab it just behind the head. It will try to
pinch you but it can’t if you grab it in the right spot.
The word mudbug is used in the Deep South. You can use mudbugs to make jambalaya, or you can boil them and shell them one by one. If you are a real man you suck the goo out of the claws and eat that too. If you are an young kid watching you uncle do this you squeal with disgust.
When you find out that daddy cooked the cute mudbugs you caught when you wanted to keep them as pets… well, then you cry.