Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) largest terrestrial invertebrate capable of stripping the husk off and opening coconuts, they have also been seen cracking the extremely hard shells of macadamia nuts, Solo...

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) the largest terrestrial invertebrate capable of stripping the husk off and opening coconuts, they have also been seen cracking the extremely hard shells of macadamia nuts,...

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) the largest living terrestrial invertebrate, can reach a weight of nine pounds and a leg span of over three feet, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Flip Nicklin / Terrestrial Hermit Crab in rainforest, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Tui De Roy / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) eating a coconut on the forest floor, world's largest terrestrial invertebrate, Palmyra Atoll, US National Wildlife Refuge, US Line Islands

Tui De Roy / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) digging burrow on forest floor, Palmyra Atoll, world's largest terrestrial invertebrate, US National Wildlife Refuge, US Line Islands

Tui De Roy / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) pair eating coconut on forest floor, world's largest terrestrial invertebrate, Palmyra Atoll, US National Wildlife Refuge, US Line Islands

Tui De Roy / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) on fallen tree trunk, the world's largest terrestrial invertebrate has been decimated elsewhere for human food, Palmyra Atoll, US National Wildlife Refuge, Us Line Islands

Roberto Rinaldi / Coconut crab / Robber crab (Birgus latro), the largest terrestrial arthropod on earth, Sulawesi, Indonesia. ^^^Very powerful with vastly strong pincers, it climbs trees and eat coconuts. Considered a...

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) with an abundance of insect parasites, parasitic flies can attack terrestrial crustaceans as shown by these fly pupae, Solomon Islands