A few weeks ago I found an alderfly larva in the bottom mud of a pond.
They tend to be found in and on the pond bottom. They are quite distinctive with their many gill filaments on the abdomen and the pair of pincers at the front.
They can sometimes be found crawling through weed too.
Another find that day was this freshwater shrimp, which was blue, rather than the brown I’m used to seeing. I don’t know why it was this colour, perhaps it had just shed its skin?
They aren’t true shrimps of course but acutally a type of amphipod, a groups which includes the sandhoppers that you find jumping around on the beach under seaweed.
I also managed a headshot of a water flea or Daphnia, which while not perfect, it does show their bivavle arrangment of their shell.
Fantstic photos, love it.
very clear photos, much better than if in water, very helpful