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Biodiversity Days 2004 at Fresh Pond Reservation

Pond Mucking at Black's Nook

The program on the evening of June 9 was planned and led by Susan Agger
with Squizzle Plekavich collecting plankton. Four adults and two children attended.

Insects
Mayfly (Hexagenias)
Marsh Treader (Hydrometa martini)
Midge larvae (Charborus sp.)
Riffle Beetle (Coleoptera)
Crawling Water Beetle (Pettodytes lengi)
Water Scorpion (Hempitera)
Caddisfly larva (Trichoptera)
Dragonfly nymph (Odonata)
Damselfly nymph (Odonata)
Midge larva (Charborus sp.)

Other Macroinvertebrates
Threadworms (Nematoda)
Leeches (Annelida)
Sowbug (Isopoda)
Pouch Snail (Physidae)
Amphipod or Scud ("side-swimmer")
Caddisfly larva (Trichoptera)
Water Spider (Argyronetidae)

Fish
Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbous)
Perch (Peciformes sp.)

Phytoplankton
Spirogyra sp.
Ceratium hirundinella
Flagilaria sp.


Zooplankton
Bosminia longirostris
Copepods
Rotifer (Keratella sp.)