Horseshoe Crab Eggs
An Installation showing the awareness of the horseshoe crab extinction.
Between the high and low tides the female crab drags the male to the waters edge. Once on the shore, she forms a shallow nest between four and six inches. Here she deposits 5 to 7 clumps of 2,000 to 4,000 eggs each, or up to 20,000 eggs. She will repeat this process several times over the spawning cycle laying 90,000 eggs or more in a season.
The ten red dots represent the amount estimated to survive to adulthood.
Between the high and low tides the female crab drags the male to the waters edge. Once on the shore, she forms a shallow nest between four and six inches. Here she deposits 5 to 7 clumps of 2,000 to 4,000 eggs each, or up to 20,000 eggs. She will repeat this process several times over the spawning cycle laying 90,000 eggs or more in a season.
The ten red dots represent the amount estimated to survive to adulthood.
