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Showcasing Delawareans’ Horseshoe Crab Art



Outdoor Delaware

Outdoor Delaware is the award-winning online magazine of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. Articles and multimedia content are produced by the DNREC Office of Communications.

We requested Delawareans’ horseshoe crab art — and you delivered! On this page are paintings, tattoo, Christmas ornaments and more, demonstrating the connection Delawareans have to our state marine animal. For details about horseshoe crabs in Delaware, including an overview of the species and information about how the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control keeps the population healthy, visit this article from Outdoor Delaware.

Please note a permit is required to legally take a dead horseshoe crab for any purpose, and it can only be removed from a beach after spawning season ends.

A painting of a horseshoe crab hangs on a wall.
Brenda Pic
A horseshoe crab Christmas ornament.
Barb Vanderstappen
A woman shows a horseshoe crab tattoo on her forearm.
Maddy Goss
Veronica Wilkinson
A ceramic horseshoe crab sits on a table.
Beth Baker (artwork by Daniel Simpson)
A blue and yellow sweater has a horseshoe crab pattern.
Beth Emerson (pattern by Leafhopper Knits)
A painting promoting conservation of a horseshoe crab on the beach.
Max Daley
Two people show horseshoe crab tattoos on their forearms.
Haley Knowles
A painting of a horseshoe crab hangs on a wall.
N Taylor Collins
Several horseshoe crab-themed trays sit on a counter.
Sue Crellin Tyndall (design by Bethany Tyndall)
A pink hat has a horseshoe crab image on it with 302 in the center.
Ellen Thompson
A tattoo of a horseshoe crab and underwater plants.
Cindy Grygo
Lisa Alt Crites
A painting of two horseshoe crabs encourages people to be positive.
Paige Henry
A plank of wood hanging on a wall serves as a display for a horseshoe crab shell and other shells.
Theresa Dineen Creshine
A horseshoe crab shell painted to display shorebirds.
Chris Reiser

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