Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Between Fort Howard and North Point, Baltimore County/MD/Chesapeake Bay (just outside Patapsco River mouth) (5-2005, male, 62 mm carapace diameter, Steve Thaos, pers. comm.; Carin Stringer, pers. comm.; Ruiz et al. 2006)

Geographic Extent

Between Fort Howard and North Point, Baltimore County/MD/Chesapeake Bay (just outside Patapsco River mouth) (5-2005, male, 62 mm carapace diameter, Steve Thaos, pers. comm., Carin Stringer, pers. comm.); Sevenmile Knoll/MD/Patapsco River mouth (6-9-2006, male, 62 mm carapace diameter, John Delp, personal communication); Holland Point Bar, north of Chesapeake Beach/MD/Chesapeake Bay (5-18-2007, male, 64.4 mm carapace diameter, Pelton 2007, Wood 2007); Bloody Point Light, Kent Island/MD/Chesapeake Bay (6-23-07, female, 66.1 mm carapace diameter, Carin Ferrante, pers. comm.); Cove Pt Light, Cove Point/MD/Chesapeake Bay (6/01/08, female 60-63.5 mm, Carin Ferrante, pers. comm.); Dundalk/MD/North Point Creek (6/21/09, Dundalk, Joseph M. Giordano, Dundalk Eagle, http://dundalkeagle.com/index.php?id=639:rare-mitten-crab-pulled-from-north-point-creek&option=com_content&catid=2:slideshow)