Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus), Delaware Bay, USA. Stranded on Slaughter beech after mating during the night.
Mating Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus), Delaware Bay, USA. mating.
Female horsehoe crab dragging a male
Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus), Delaware Bay, USA. Female dragging clasping males.
Red Knots feeding as the eggs are revealed
Atlantic Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus), Delaware Bay USA, During august spawning
Black headed Gulls and Horseshoe crabs
The spawning of Horseshoe Crabs coincides with the migration of Red Knots who feed on the crabs eggs to gain enough energy for their onward leg to the Arctic. Other species like ruddy turnstones and sandpipers also join the feast.
Black-Necked Stilt
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Gulls gather to feed on the eggs and remains of stranded Horseshoe Crabs (Limulus polyphemus), Delaware Bay, USA.
Filming the mass migration of Red Knots, and the spawning of Horseshoe Crabs.
Horseshoe Crabs spawning
