The Brussels Times is reporting that Marmorkrebs popping up in several locations in Brussels. It’s not clear when they were first spotted, but their success in one location, a cemetery in Antwerp, was enough to warrant coverage.
The map of Marmorkrebs introductions has been updated accordingly.
It’s almost reaching the point where it will be faster to list European countries without Marmorkrebs rather than with.
An article in the Telegraph is paywalled, but I’m not hopeful about it given the preview text says:
Escaped self-cloning mutant crayfish created in experimental breeding programmes...
No. That’s some bullshit right there. There is no evidence Marmorkrebs were “created” by experiments. It’s a weird myth that seems to have no discernible origin.
Additional, 25 October 2020: The story has made it into a US newspaper. Weirdly, they chose to illustrate the story with what appears to be a signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) instead of Marmorkrebs.
External links
Hundreds of self-cloning crayfish invade Antwerp cemetery
Escaped cloned female mutant crayfish take over Belgian cemetery
Self-cloning mutant crayfish take over Belgian cemetery
Mutant crayfish clones take over cemetery after aquarium escape
Self-cloning mutant crayfish are invading a Belgian cemetery
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Self-cloning crayfish have taken over a cemetery in Belgium
Belgium: Self-cloning mutant crayfish invade historic cemetery, scientists concerned
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Maagdelijke kreeft op Antwerpse begraafplaats (roughly translated, “Virgin crayfish in Antwerp cemetery”)
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