CMA Bug Hunt Report 2005 CMA Bug Hunt Report 2005 BY- Evan Luff Mia Thomas With Special Thanks To Mrs. Marzec! Ecorse Creek, Site EC-4 Grams Grams Drain near McCann and Brest Road. Overall Overall Score: 30.8 Number Number of different taxa found: 11 Most Most sensitive invertebrate found- Small Minnow Mayfly, Squaregill Mayfly, and Flathead Mayfly Score- Score- Fair First, Mr. Best scoops the mud with the bugs, out of the creek! Second, we receive the Second, we receive the samples in containers and samples in containers and sort the bugs from the sort the bugs from the mud. mud. This is a long fun This is a long fun process. process. (Also, we spotted a muskrat!) (Also, we spotted a muskrat!) Bug Finders Third, Mr. Best takes all of our specimens and puts them in alcohol to take back to his lab. Third, Mr. Best takes all of our specimens and puts them in alcohol to take back to his lab. From Left (top)-Vicky, Jessica, Mia, Jimmy, Mitch, Mrs. Marzec, Murphy, Matt, Kevin, Mrs. Sapielak, Amanda, Whitney, and Kalyn. From Left (bottom)-Evan, Shelby, Madison, Jennifer, Rachael. From Left (top)-Vicky, Jessica, Mia, Jimmy, Mitch, Mrs. Marzec, Murphy, Matt, Kevin, Mrs. Sapielak, Amanda, Whitney, and Kalyn. From Left (bottom)-Evan, Shelby, Madison, Jennifer, Rachael. The Special Invertebrates Small Minnow Mayfly Squaregill Mayfly Flathead Mayfly Bug Classifications The bugs we have listed in the last 3 slides are part of the mayfly family, or the Ephemeroptera family. Bug 1 is a baetidae Bug 2 is a caenidae Bug 3 is a heptageniidae 2004 was at the Southgate Anderson High School was at the Ecorse Creek 4 This is a comparison of those two outcomes. Thank You! For listening to our presentation.