Well, not really sampling, but cleaning up some of the shoreline in front of the house this weekend.
We raked 70-80 yards of FA and coontail out of the pond and filled a pickup bed over the top. Here are some of the things we found in the vegetation. Damselfly larva and small midge larva were the most abundant type of invertebrates found.
Dragonfly Larva & DamselfLy Larva (and the minature "BUG" in right hand corner
)
Damselfly larva and Bloodworm (large midge larva)
This might be a first on pond boss, I don't recall anyone ever posting a picture of a scud they caught from their pond. I believe that this is the smaller
Hyalella Azteca type of scud.
Scud picture #1
Scud picture #2
