with the enlarged chelae a light yellow color. Skin The eyes can be set high, erect and stiff. Outr slightly recurved also. Are the smaller ones without the enlarged chelae the females? What is the cause for the enlarged chelae is it mainly due to right or left hand hole dying? Certainly it cannot be for food holding as putting into mouth. Black email or common on our coast is laying eggs on the glass side of the aquaria. These are about 1/6 inch long, elongate and are cases enclosing a number (probably about 10) of black specks = each an egg. These adhere tight to the glass as other emails come and crawl on the cases without them pushing them away. Each animal lays a number of these cases, probably as many as they seem to emerge through the side near the foot, in a fold of the foot. On the sides mainly the larger ones are at most. In one case I saw a smaller one sit on the tip and try to take the left nearly said hooks coming up from behind and pressing them on out. Is this really true and a case of male doing most of the work? What are these holes for?