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Help with some plants and this weird looking creature

Started by Gamekeeper , Jul 13 2015 08:57 PM

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#1 Gamekeeper

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Malden, Massachusetts

Posted 13 July 2015 - 08:57 PM

So i went out and gathers some plants that i could plant in my aquaria

and was just wondering what type they were

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1. ^^ some sort of Moss im guessing

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2.^^

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3.^^

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4. ^^ and heres a little hitchhiker i discovered when i was sorting the plants i brought back home he was all tangled up in the plants guessing some sort of nymph and it has a interesting behavior when you grab it its pulls all its legs in and plays dead.

so yeah if you guys can help me out with the IDs that would be great!

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#2 Matt DeLaVega

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Ohio

Posted 13 July 2015 - 09:15 PM

2 hornwort..

4 dragonfly nymph. Species?

The member formerly known as Skipjack

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#3 UncleWillie

NANFA Member

Georgia

Posted 13 July 2015 - 09:15 PM

1) My best guess is a Ruppia? Maybe?

2) Looks like hornwort (Ceratophyllum demursum).

3) No idea.

4) You're right. A dragonfly nymph.

Willie P

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#4 Gamekeeper

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Malden, Massachusetts

Posted 13 July 2015 - 09:19 PM

Thats interesting, ive seen dragonfly nymphs before but they we more slender than that guy (or im just confusing different nymphs), glad i keept him in a separate container so he doesn't get my fish, would it be possible to raise the guy to full maturity?

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#5 mattknepley

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Smack-dab between the Savannah and the Saluda.

Posted 14 July 2015 - 04:18 AM

I don't think I've ever seen a dragonfly nymph that was green before; it's kinda pretty.

Matt Knepley
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."

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#6 Matt DeLaVega

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Ohio

Posted 14 July 2015 - 05:55 AM

Some dragonfly nymphs are more slender than this species. Damselfly nymphs are much more slender

The member formerly known as Skipjack

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#7 gerald

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Wake Forest, North Carolina

Posted 14 July 2015 - 09:36 AM

There's lots of dragonfly species with nymphs in many shapes and colors. I think that one is one of the Gomphidae family. Phil (swampfish) should know.

Plant #1 is not a moss. Could be Ruppia as Willie says, or maybe Chara, Nitella, or Najas ...?

Plant #3 might be a young pickerelweed (Pontederia) or arrow arum (Peltandra).

Gerald Pottern
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Hangin' on the Neuse
"Taxonomy is the diaper used to organize the mess of evolution into discrete packages" - M.Sandel

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#8 swampfish

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Posted 14 July 2015 - 01:44 PM

1. The "branching" algae Nitella and Chara are whorled. This sample has opposite leaves, as does Najas. It's likely southern naiad, as it is very common.

4. The dragonfly naiad (nymph) appears to be in the family Libellulidae, which contains the skimmers and widows.

Phil Nixon