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#164641 05/21/09 09:54 AM
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Took the kids around a few of the many puddles around our ponds. We found toad tadpoles and bullfrog tadpoles, and I think these are grass shrimp? Just thought I would share.









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5 years old, knee deep in a pond with a critter net... Pure heaven.



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40 years old, knee deep in a pond with a critter net... Still pure heaven.



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Far out!


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Great report!


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 Originally Posted By: Blaine
40 years old, knee deep in a pond with a critter net... Still pure heaven.



AMEN!!!!


Your kids will remember this forever SV!!



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Neat Shawn.


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It's times like that Shawn that you and you're children will remember for a life time. Good stuff!


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Thanks, all. We did have a lot of fun. We took "cleaner" pictures, but didn't realize until we had gone swimming that the camera had no card in it. Opps.

Can anyone verify that those are grass shrimp? I had never seen them before, they were in a puddle above both of my ponds, so I'm not quite sure how they got there.

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Anyone help in the Grass Shrimp ID? They looked different than the ones I stocked a few weeks ago - mine were completely translucent and these are a really cool green. Whatever they are, they look like tasty morsels for your fish and are very cool looking!


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Travis...can you help on this Shrimp ID? I'm really interested if you've come across these little beauties before.


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Cool pics man. I cannot verify 100% that those are grass shrimp as they look slightly different then the ones I used to catch in the Chesapeake growing up.

The Bay shrimp were the same size, had the exact same translucent body and dark eyes. However I never saw that green underside on any I ever caught.

Did these guys have sharp spines coming off their head?

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Anyway I am 99% they are some variety of grass shrimp as the morphology and habitat look identical to the Bay grass shrimp. Probably some kind of sub-species.




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ok, I should give a bit more detail. These pictures were taken with a macro lens. They are actually less than an inch long. I'll try to get some more pictures this weekend with a size reference. Thanks for the help, everyone.


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