Blue jelly-like creatures popping up along California beaches

[jeff of pa]

You might have noticed blue jelly-like creatures washing up on shore in Huntington Beach and the South Bay. Well, here's what they found out about them.

 

[Mackaydon]

Thanks, I didn't know that.
Don in SoCal.

 

[SeabeeRon]

Happen every year...

portuguese man of war jellyfish

 

[WaterWalker]

I thought the Easter Bunny dropped a sack of his eggs off shore.....

 

[Heavygold4me]

I ran across one last friday while beach hunting in Biloxi Mississippi. First one I’ve ever seen.

 

[Evan in CA]

I seen them yesterday and now I know thanks Jeff

 

[Mackaydon]

Velella is in the same phylum as anemones, corals, jellyfish and hydroids. It was once thought to be a colony of animals similar to the infamous Portuguese Man-of-War, but careful research has shown that it is a complicated individual rather than an assemblage of animals.
Don.........
Source: https://baynature.org/article/wind-sailors-seasonal-vellela-beachings/

 

[Mackaydon]

Yesterday, these little guys, or what was left of them, started appearing on Oceanside/Carlsbad Ca. beaches.
Don in SoCal.