Pond Identification Sheet

 

Insects

Caddisfly larvae

 

dragonfly nymph great diving beetle larvaediving beetle

mayfly nymphwater boatman

 

water cricketwater scorpion whirlygig beetle

 

Non Insect Arthropods

 

cyclops water shrimp

 

water flea (Daphnia)water mite

 

 

Protozoans (Very small, only viewed under the microscope)

AmebaEuglena (green)

 

Rotifer ColepsUrotricha

 

Water Bear paramecium

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Worms

 

Oligochaete Nematode

 

Algae

 

Volvox (green)Haematococcus (red colored)dinoflagellate

Desmids (green)Spirogyra (green)

 

Anything green and stringy can be classified as an algae!!!