Water world April May

[davholla]

Fresh water crustacea, The real size is is 1.05 mm, magnification is 5.18

IMG_8480Crustaceav4 by davholla2002, on Flickr

Phantom Midge larva, the real size is 8.28 mm, magnification is 2.1

IMG_8454PhantomMidgelarvav4 by davholla2002, on Flickr

Water Louse Asellus aquaticus, The real size is 5.84 mm, magnification is 1.4

IMG_8945Waterlousev4 by davholla2002, on Flickr

Water Louse Asellus aquaticus, The real size is 5.84 mm, magnification is 1.4

IMG_8910Waterlousev2 by davholla2002, on Flickr

IMG_9068WaterLousev3 by davholla2002, on Flickr
Gnat larva, the real size is 6.18 mm, magnification is 1.4

IMG_8502Gnatlarvav3 by davholla2002, on Flickr

 

[Cobra]

An interesting insight to a tiny world that many never get to see.

 

[Bebop]

Amazing! Particularly the phantom midge larva.

 

[davholla]

Amazing! Particularly the phantom midge larva.

Thank you so much surprisingly despite the pond being full of them from November to April last week there were none!

 

[Deleted member 3428]

I like the cyclops with eggs but all very good

 

[davholla]

I like the cyclops with eggs but all very good

Thank you very much. I was told that it might not be a cyclops - but sadly am not qualified to judge.
I wonder if anyone else can?

 

[Deleted member 3428]

Defo looks like all the cyclops l've seen.

 

[davholla]

Defo looks like all the cyclops l've seen.

I was told it could be " Or Mesocyclops, Eucyclops, Acanthocyclops, inter alia "
To be honest I thought that they were all just cyclops. I am not any good at identifying anything (depressingly I have lots of friends who are so bad at identifying things who think that I am expert). However the difference between Mesocyclops, Eucyclops, Acanthocyclops is really beyond me.
Apparently
" Fine tungsten needles and steady hands!...generic and species ID is based on the fifth leg (P5), morphology of trunk limbs (P1-4), antennule segmentation, among other things. Several of the 'Guides to Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World' series by Backhuys Publishers have keys to some genera, but only a few have been treated to date. "

Saying that I am really ignorant on the subject - so maybe someone was falling me.
see here for more details

Pond and freshwater life photography | A cyclops | Facebook

A cyclops

www.facebook.com

 

[Deleted member 3428]

I was told it could be " Or Mesocyclops, Eucyclops, Acanthocyclops, inter alia "
To be honest I thought that they were all just cyclops. I am not any good at identifying anything (depressingly I have lots of friends who are so bad at identifying things who think that I am expert). However the difference between Mesocyclops, Eucyclops, Acanthocyclops is really beyond me.
Apparently
" Fine tungsten needles and steady hands!...generic and species ID is based on the fifth leg (P5), morphology of trunk limbs (P1-4), antennule segmentation, among other things. Several of the 'Guides to Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World' series by Backhuys Publishers have keys to some genera, but only a few have been treated to date. "

Saying that I am really ignorant on the subject - so maybe someone was falling me.
see here for more details

Pond and freshwater life photography | A cyclops | Facebook

A cyclops

www.facebook.com

I thought they were all cyclops too. One eye and a bunch of grapes hanging off the rear has always been known to me as cyclops, l have never looked into species level unfortunately. I like the photos though.