More From the Puddle
I know you have been holding your breath for more from the puddle. 🙂
As I waited for Jeanne’s return with the container I observed more. Watch quick. The water strider skates through!
This little worm wiggled by and several other UAs (unidentified animals). It might be an aquatic earthworm (Oligochaeta). However some worms are very hard to ID unless you can dissect them I learned later. And I did not bring this one home.
No clue who the passenger was. I should have brought it home. Oh well.
So by now you will have noticed the really tiny and lots of UA swimming by. In the field I saw that they had a pair of front “legs” that propelled them. Well, at home I was able to ID these guys as Water Fleas (Cladocera). Did you see it poop? 🙂
A jumping spider might have been eating the water fleas. It was not in deep water.
More tomorrow from the puddle creatures!
How to See the Milky Way This Weekend
The Plant That Changed History: How an Ancient Hybrid Grass Birthed the World’s Most Iconic Crop
Keep looking!
The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
Wow, there’s a universe in a tablespoon in that puddle!
For sure!
That puddle was amazing. Wonder what water fleas eat? I don’t think there’s anywhere near here to see the Milky Way.
Something smaller😉
More great videos from the puddle. Good article on the Milky Way. It reminded me of some NYC friends who went on a camping trip west and were terrified to discover an alien invasion… the Milky Way.
Oh no. Hopefully they figured it out. 😊
Love the poop!
So many cute water friends!
Really neat!