Macroinvertebrates
Macroinvertebrates
Reflection:
Macroinvertebrates Day was a bust for me. The only things I found in my stream were two lunged snails. I assume the reason for this is that my stream is quite shallow and not very fast-moving. I anticipated going out there that I wouldn't find much because of the conditions of my stream but all four times I was skunked except for the two snails I found. Although I didn't catch the macroinvertebrates I was looking for I had many Water Striders swimming around me. Even though I found very little Macroinvertebrates I still enjoyed sitting on a rock by my stream and sketching one of the lunged snails.
Pictures of the few creatures I found today (Lunged Snails, Water Strider). I also found a sawfly larval when I was looking for macroinvertebrates!
Macroinvertebrates Data Sheet
Sketch of one of the Snails I found today
Sketch of the stream I have been using
Measurements:
PH Tests:
PH test #1: 6
PH test #2: 6.3
Air Temperature:
19.5 (C)
66.7 (F)
Water Temperature:
13.9 (C)
56.6 (F)
Conductivity:
64