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Oyster Thief - Colpomenia peregrina *I&#039;m wearing gloves because I promised my husband that I would try to stop touching everything -- specifically things that I don&#039;t know are safe to touch. ;P<br /> <br /> I found a lot of these in and around the tide pools during low tide. They felt like big, rotten grapes.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Tide pools during low tide<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153751/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html" title="Oyster Thief - Colpomenia peregrina"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/153751_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=sUuQM6vigCHO5ztLk%2F7lIAdBI7E%3D" width="200" height="170" alt="Oyster Thief - Colpomenia peregrina I found a lot of these in and around the tide pools during low tide. They felt like big, rotten grapes.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Tide pools during low tide<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153751/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153753/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153752/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html Colpomenia peregrina,Geotagged,Oyster Thief,Summer,United States" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153753/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html" title="Oyster Thief - Colpomenia peregrina"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/153753_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=qjaHdUTIsTXBpSiBMrygGQgw0E4%3D" width="130" height="152" alt="Oyster Thief - Colpomenia peregrina *I&#039;m wearing gloves because I promised my husband that I would try to stop touching everything -- specifically things that I don&#039;t know are safe to touch. ;P<br /> <br /> I found a lot of these in and around the tide pools during low tide. They felt like big, rotten grapes.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Tide pools during low tide<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153751/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153753/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153752/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html Colpomenia peregrina,Geotagged,Oyster Thief,Summer,United States" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153752/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html" title="Oyster Thief - Colpomenia peregrina"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/153752_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=QPLDJnfc0i24r9fK0neGkPmjLX0%3D" width="200" height="160" alt="Oyster Thief - Colpomenia peregrina I found a lot of these in and around the tide pools during low tide. They felt like big, rotten grapes.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Tide pools during low tide<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153751/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153753/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153752/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html<br /> <br /> Colpomenia,Colpomenia peregrina,Geotagged,Oyster Thief,Summer,United States,bladder weed,brown seaweed" /></a></figure> Colpomenia peregrina,Geotagged,Oyster Thief,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Oyster Thief - Colpomenia peregrina

*I'm wearing gloves because I promised my husband that I would try to stop touching everything -- specifically things that I don't know are safe to touch. ;P

I found a lot of these in and around the tide pools during low tide. They felt like big, rotten grapes.

Habitat: Tide pools during low tide

Oyster Thief - Colpomenia peregrina I found a lot of these in and around the tide pools during low tide. They felt like big, rotten grapes.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Tide pools during low tide<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153751/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153753/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153752/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html Colpomenia peregrina,Geotagged,Oyster Thief,Summer,United States

Oyster Thief - Colpomenia peregrina *I'm wearing gloves because I promised my husband that I would try to stop touching everything -- specifically things that I don't know are safe to touch. ;P<br /> <br /> I found a lot of these in and around the tide pools during low tide. They felt like big, rotten grapes.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Tide pools during low tide<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153751/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153753/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153752/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html Colpomenia peregrina,Geotagged,Oyster Thief,Summer,United States

Oyster Thief - Colpomenia peregrina I found a lot of these in and around the tide pools during low tide. They felt like big, rotten grapes.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Tide pools during low tide<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153751/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153753/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153752/oyster_thief_-_colpomenia_peregrina.html<br /> <br /> Colpomenia,Colpomenia peregrina,Geotagged,Oyster Thief,Summer,United States,bladder weed,brown seaweed

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    Calbost Niel
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    Great find Christine Posted one year ago
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      Christine Young
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      Thanks Niel :) Posted one year ago

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The Oyster Thief

"Colpomenia peregrina" is a brown seaweed not native to the British Isles, but recorded in Ireland since 1934. It appears to have been introduced from the Pacific and was first noticed in Europe in 1906 on oyster beds.

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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Sep 12, 2023. Captured Sep 6, 2023 11:00 in PXJF+9G Harpswell, ME, USA.
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