Open Parks Network

With the Wild Things: Horseshoe Crabs

Crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service

Dead crab Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Circa 1983

Crabs, August 1998 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service

1998-08

Blue crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Blue crab.

1982-03

Stone Crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone Crab.

Hermit Crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Hermit Crab.

1980-04

Hermit Crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Hermit Crab.

1980-04

Hermit Crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Hermit Crab.

1980-04

Horseshoe Crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Horseshoe Crab.

Hermit Crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Hermit Crab.

1980-04

Crabs in fishing trap, August 1998 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service

1998-08

Stone crab fishermen Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab fisherman.

Hermit Crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Hermit Crab.

1980-04

Men showing off crab, August 1998 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service

1998-08

Land Crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Land Crab.

Man showing off crab, August 1998 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service

1998-08

Crab fishermen, October 1982 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Fone Crab fisherman.

1982-10

Boiled crabs Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Circa 1992

Sand crab Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Circa 1971

Land Hermit Crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Land Hermit Crab.

1980-04

Female Land Crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Female Land Crab.

Spider Crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Spider Crab.

Bucket of crabs Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Circa 1981

Crab research, August 1981 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Crab research.

1981-08

Woman cooking crabs Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

1989

Longhorn hermit crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Longhorn hermit crab.

Blue crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Blue crab.

Pile of crabs on newspaper Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

1981-09

Land crab burrows Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Land crab burrows.

Box of crabs Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Circa 1980

Hermit crab and juvenile Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Hermit crab and juvenile.

Oysters and crabs in boat Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Circa 1980

Blue crab, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Blue crab.

1978-01

Crab research, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Crab research.

1978-01

Hermit crab in box Everglades National Park; National Park Service

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Photographs Depicting fishing and fire, 1921-1926.

1926

Crab research, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Crab research.

1978-01

Hermit crabs in small box Everglades National Park; National Park Service

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Hermit crabs in small black box Everglades National Park; National Park Service

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Stone crab research, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab research.

1978-01

Stone crab research, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab research.

1978-01

Stone crab research, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab research.

1978-01

Buoy, crab research, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Buoy, crab research.

1978-01

Stone crab research, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab research.

1978-01

Crab claw, stone crab, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Crab claw, stone crab.

1978-01

Crab research, stone crab, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Crab research, stone crab.

1978-01

Close up of crab in rat trap Everglades National Park; National Park Service

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Stone crab research, X-M stone crab, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab research.

1978-01

Stone crab research, X-M stone crab, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab research.

1978-01

Hauling Stone Crab Trap, Florida Bay Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Hauling Stone Crab Trap, Florida Bay.

1978-01

Hermit crabs surrounding black box in undergrowth Everglades National Park; National Park Service On slide: S-3; 012

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Stone crab research, ENP research, X-M stone crab, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab research.

1978-01

Don McArthur and Jim Chapman measuring cheliped on stone crab, January 1978 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Stone crab research.

1978-01

Buoys on stone crab trap line for research Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Buoys on stone crab trap line for research.

1978-01

Hermit Crab, Convoy Point, December 1983 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Hermit crab, Convoy Point

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1983-12

Demonstrating horseshoe crab, Everglades National Park. Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Demonstrating horseshoe crab, Everglades National Park.

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1987-07

Ranger Wayne Valentine with hermit crab Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Wayne Valentine / hermit crab [illegible] B1d.

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Land crab burrow, visitor area, Convoy Point, 1994 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Land crab burrow.

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1994

Two stone carbs on bottom, blue crab on right Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Two stone carbs on bottom, blue crab on right.

Land crab burrows, visitor area, Convoy Point, 1994 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Land crab burrows.

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1994

Researchers measuring crab claws in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, May 1977 Biscayne National Park; National Park Service Researchers measuring crab claws.