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Jul 1, 2020 14:59:56   #
Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga
 
I rescued a mess of frog eggs from a ditch where the eggs were laid (and which has since evaporated). They have since hatched and I've noticed something else in the water with them. Pardon the crappy image as I have never tried to photograph something just under the surface of water before. Hopefully someone will know what they are. I know for sure that they aren't mosquito larvae though...


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Jul 1, 2020 15:08:31   #
tramsey Loc: Texas
 
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Jul 1, 2020 15:19:49   #
newtoyou Loc: Eastport
 
Screamin Scott wrote:
I rescued a mess of frog eggs from a ditch where the eggs were laid (and which has since evaporated). They have since hatched and I've noticed something else in the water with them. Pardon the crappy image as I have never tried to photograph something just under the surface of water before. Hopefully someone will know what they are. I know for sure that they aren't mosquito larvae though...


A bit of tap water mixed 50/50 with ditch water will be cleaner.
Get some clear condiment containers and stage a few in them.
These are too dim for me.
A seasonal Isopod would be my first thought.
They are here for a bit to breed, then gone till next 'hi water'.
Bill

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Jul 1, 2020 15:21:13   #
Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga
 
I was hoping you would chime in Bill...Someone over on Bug Guide said they were "seed shrimp" (Ostracods)

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Jul 1, 2020 15:31:32   #
tinusbum Loc: east texas
 
nice catch and shots,what ever it is

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Jul 1, 2020 15:39:32   #
EnglishBrenda Loc: Kent, England
 
It is always interesting to look into pond water. Ostracods seems a good ID.

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Jul 1, 2020 17:53:03   #
flyboy61 Loc: The Great American Desert
 
Paramecium?

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Jul 1, 2020 19:27:01   #
Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI
 
Looks like Brachiopods. This seems pretty close: https://bugguide.net/node/view/585632/bgimage

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Jul 1, 2020 23:55:39   #
napabob Loc: Napa CA
 
like the bubble reflection on the first one upper right

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Jul 2, 2020 18:31:49   #
polonois Loc: Lancaster County,PA.
 

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Jul 2, 2020 21:38:07   #
Silverrails
 
Screamin Scott wrote:
I rescued a mess of frog eggs from a ditch where the eggs were laid (and which has since evaporated). They have since hatched and I've noticed something else in the water with them. Pardon the crappy image as I have never tried to photograph something just under the surface of water before. Hopefully someone will know what they are. I know for sure that they aren't mosquito larvae though...


TadPoles? Or Baby Frogs?

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Jul 2, 2020 21:41:02   #
Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga
 
I wasn’t inquiring about the tadpoles as I’m more than familiar with them. I was asking about the other things in the water.

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