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Four Mile Creek Shipbuilders Creek Mill Creek March 2009 Macroinvertebrate Samples

Macroinvertebrate Samples

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Students observed macroinvertebrate samples from local creeks to help determine water quality.

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Four Mile CreekShipbuilders Creek

Mill Creek

March 2009

Macroinvertebrate Samples

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We think this is a caddisfly.

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We have no idea what this is. Can anyone help identify this

macroinvertebrate?

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This looks like a riffle beetle.

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Check out this mayfly nymph!

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This crayfish was about 10 cm long!

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Two tails, antenna, 3 pairs of legs – must be stonefly nymphs!

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A few stonefly nymphs

looked like they were

getting wings!

Magnified View

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Isopod & Stonefly Nymph

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We always find lots of amphipods (scuds).

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We aren’t sure what kind of

macroinvertebrate this is. It has lots

of legs, a segmented body,

and antenna.

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Look at the colors on

this aquatic worm!

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What new questions do you have about macroinvertebrates?