Freshwater Invertebrate Underwater Pictures, Page 12
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I tried to photograph this salamander but it kept scurrying away from the camera. The rocks in this little backwater are covered with a thin layer of very easily disturbed silt, so anywhere I followed it I didn't have much time to photograph before the water was too turbid for a good shot. This is the best I got.
In this picture: Amphibian Order Caudata (Salamanders).Date AddedOct 4, 2006
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A peculiar mayfly nymph clings to a log. I'm not sure if it's a Heptageniid clinger or a flat-bodied Ephemerellid crawler, but I don't believe it's a species I've collected yet.
In this picture: Insect Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies).
Date AddedOct 3, 2006
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Date AddedJul 1, 2006
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I spotted this very large leech freely tumbling, and occasionally stopping, along the bottom of a clear, cool trout stream. I paid careful attention later and spotted two more like it, but this one was the largest -- probably over 7 inches stretched out.
There is
one other picture of it.
In this picture: Animal Class Clitellata-Hirudinae (Leeches).Date AddedJul 1, 2006
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Date AddedJul 1, 2006
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Date AddedOct 3, 2006
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