Juvenile Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda at Yi O, Lantau on 10 April 2013

Subject: Juvenile Mangrove horseshoe crabs (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda) foraging at the inter-tidal mudflat at Yi O, Lantau, Hong Kong on 10 April 2013

Time: 1400 – 1600 hours (2 – 4 pm)

Date: 10 April 2013

Location: Inter-tidal mudflat fringed by mangroves, Yi O, Lantau, Hong Kong.

Stream fringed by mangroves. 

Inter-tidal mudflat in front of mangroves stands.

Juvenile Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Top picture foraging) .

Juvenile Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Top picture foraging).

Juvenile Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Top picture foraging).

Juvenile Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Top picture foraging).

Tachypleus tridentatus. Ha Pak Nai, Hong Kong on 7 July 2012.

The following photographs show the foraging trails of juvenile Tachypleus tridentatus (Chinese horseshoe crab) on the seagrass beds/inter-tidal mudflat at Ha Pak Nai, Deep Bay, Hong Kong on 7 July 2012. The tide had just started to recede and all of these trails are made on the damp suface of the substrate:

Tachypleus tridentatus. San Tau, Hong Kong on 19 September 2010.

The following photographs are of juvenile Tachypleus tridentatus and their foraging trails at the intertidal mudflat at San Tau, Lantau, Hong Kong on 19 September 2010:

Tachypleus tridentatus. Tung Chung, Hong Kong on 23 September 2010.

The following photographs are of juvenile Tachypleus tridentatus and their foraging trails at the intertidal mudflat at Tung Chung, Lantau, Hong Kong on 23 September 2010:

Juvenile T. tridentatus.

Foraging trails of juvenile T. tridentatus.