Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Collections from two small Ponds


A Small collection was done at two bodies of water, one a large Pond and the other a semi vernal pool.

The small pond is located in Bristol at the Indian Rock Preserve; the semi vernal pool is located in Woodbury at the Flanders Nature Center.

The Pond yields a total of 11 families, ten insects and one a fresh water crustacean. The vernal pool yields eight families, five insects, to mollusks and one fresh water crustacean.

 

Indian Rock Preserve
 
Flanders Nature Center
 
Order
Family
Order
Family
Odonata
Cordulidae
Odonata
Coenagrionidae
 
Macromildae
Lepidoptera
Pyralidae
 
Lestidae
Tricoptera
Limnephilibidae
 
Gomphidae
Megaloptera
Coridulidae
Hemiptera
Nenidae
Molusca
Spheriidae
Tricoptera
Polycetrodidae
Molusca
Physa
 
Limnephilidae
Isopoda
Caecidotea
Diptera
Chironomidae
 
 
Ephemeroptera
Leptophebidae
 
 
Amphipooda
Hyalellidae
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

I found that the Large Pond had more diversity of insects, but the semi vernal pool had more overall diversity of organism.

 

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