Saturday, September 28, 2013

Swift River Puddle ... Life on Earth students find that it's not a mosquito-breeder!


yep, that's a smile!

Making those waders look good, ladies!

Yes, Ms. Vigneux, we know all about the dynamics of a healthy aquatic ecosystem!

even tadpoles can make funny jokes

Sunshine and teamwork ... what a combination!
And what did we find, in the final analysis?

That both in April and September, our scoops of the SRE puddle tallied far more predators of the mosquitoes than mosquitoes themselves.  Tadpoles, dragonfly and damselfly larvae, Mayfly larva, along with Daphnia, Ostracods and Copepods.  We even found a Water Scorpion in April.

Now that's the sign of a healthy ecosystem ...biodiversity!

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