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What’s a mudbug?

If you’ve ever been out hiking and noticed a tiny volcano made of mud, you’ve seen the home of a mudbug. Actually, mudbug is just another name for crayfish — just like crawdad or crawfish. Iowa is home to eight species of crayfish, but in this article we’re going to talk about three species that commonly dig burrows.

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