Fourth and Final Observation 11/11

With this being the last observation I decided to disturb the environment a bit. After looking with the dissecting microscope which provides a more 3D experience, I shook the Micro aquarium and used a fine point needle to move the soil around. Once I placed the aquarium back under the dissecting microscope a very large midge larva was exposed. Moving widely and very violent this little guy was a pain to keep track of. Under the protection of the soil this organism was seemingly a slow moving creature, but once exposed to the open space and light became wild and chaotic. Very hard to capture a good picture of but I did mange to snap this one.

 

 Thorp, James H., and Alan P. Covich. Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1991. Print.

 Eventually the midge larva will evolve into a mosquito like insect. pictured below the speckled midge Tanypus Carneus.

Thorp, James H., and Alan P. Covich. Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1991. Print.