Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Liston Point/DE/Delaware Bay (5-25-2007, male 67 mm carapace diameter, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007)

Geographic Extent

Liston Point/DE/Delaware Bay (5-25-2007, male 67 mm carapace diameter, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007); Woodland Beach/DE/Delaware Bay (5-29-2007, 3 males 69-73.4 mm carapace diameter, Carin Ferrante, pers. comm.); Silver Bed Oyster Bar/DE/Simons River (7-11-07, 63.4 mm female, Carin Ferrante, pers. comm.); NJ/Delaware Bay (7-2-09, 67 mm female, Darrick Sparks, pers. comm.); DE/Stow Creek, Delaware Bay (5/6/2009, 70 mm male, Darrick Sparks, pers. comm.); Augustine Beach-Cedar Swamp/DE/Delaware River (8/26/09, Darrick Sparks, pers. comm., 1 female, 58 mm); Collins Beach/DE/Delaware Bay (4/24/2010 & 6/2/2010, Darrick Sparks, personal communication, 2 Males, 65 mm and 63 mm); Woodland Beach/DE/Delaware Bay (5/13/2010, Darrick Sparks, personal communication, 1 Male, 68 mm); DE/Blackbird Creek, tributary to the Delaware River (5/15/2010, Darrick Sparks, personal communication, 1 Male, 65 mm); DE/Leipsic River (5/19 & 5/29/2011, Darrick Sparks, personal communication, 3 males, 63, 76, 77 mm); south of Leipsic/DE/Simon Creek (5/20/2010, Darrick Sparks, personal communication, 1 female, 69 mm); DE/Smyrna Creek (5/29/2010, Darrick Sparks, personal communication, 1 female, 77 mm); DE/Smyrna Creek (5/29/2010, Darrick Sparks, personal communication, 1 female, 77 mm)