Water critter Id
#7
Posted 24 September 2017 - 08:59 PM
The long insect is a damselfly -- good food for bigger fish. They can eat tiny fish
The ones with two long rowing legs are backswimmers -- they "sting" with their beak and most fish & frogs won't eat them.
Not sure what kind of tadpole you've got. Maybe canyon treefrog? Or spadefoot? What other frogs/toads are possible in your area?
The plant looks like Nitella or Chara.
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
#10
Posted 25 September 2017 - 10:18 AM
Judging by the smell I'd say charra. But I think both were present. The frogs in that pond were massive. At least to me lol. This pond is man made fed off a well to water the local ranchers cattle. I've no idea how the frogs got there. Flooding? The frogs I've seen in Prescott and flag were much smaller. The tadpoles there were as fat as a fingertip. The in-between would fit across my palm. (Half frog half tadpole) perhaps a toad? I can look it upThe long insect is a damselfly -- good food for bigger fish. They can eat tiny fish
The ones with two long rowing legs are backswimmers -- they "sting" with their beak and most fish & frogs won't eat them.
Not sure what kind of tadpole you've got. Maybe canyon treefrog? Or spadefoot? What other frogs/toads are possible in your area?
The plant looks like Nitella or Chara.
Do people ever use this algae in aquariums?
Edited by Cricket, 25 September 2017 - 11:08 AM.
#12
Posted 25 September 2017 - 11:37 AM
As long as I can remember I've wanted to see North Carolina but at this point I'd take anywhere with natural water
I really liked the way this area looked with the tree root shoring up the soil.
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I'd like to try to mimic this in an aquarium. I brought a dead branch home with me. I think it's a willow? There was a lot of it in the pond. [attachment=18929:0924171604d-1-1-1.jpg]
Forgive my ignorance. We don't see a lot of trees here that aren't either native, olive, citrus or palm. In the Phoenix area.
#13
Posted 25 September 2017 - 04:32 PM
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."
#15
Posted 26 September 2017 - 12:18 AM
North Carolina is beautiful in lots of spots, but a lot their water is "backed up", too. (Same for my now-home of SC) I drove across a large portion of Arizona many years ago, much of it blew me away, absolutely gorgeous. All your pics are good, but I really like the landscape. Hillsides covered in Saguaro in late afternoon, winter sun isn't anything I'll forget soon.
No kidding. I could handle a less dreary winter. Ohio has some pretty depressing winters!
I remember feeling that way 20 years ago. Now I could never see one again and be fine. It makes a lovely winter here but I miss all the seasons. Especially red and yellow and orange and white
#16
Posted 26 September 2017 - 05:59 AM
I remember feeling that way 20 years ago. Now I could never see one again and be fine. It makes a lovely winter here but I miss all the seasons. Especially red and yellow and orange and white
Know whatcha mean. I am happy and grateful to be in my little chunk o' SC, and plan to be here for the next 15 - 20 years at least. But I'm a small town Northern kid and there's no getting away from it. The blessing of having a deep sense of "place" is sometimes its challenge, I suppose...
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."
#17
Posted 26 September 2017 - 08:54 AM
I remember how exciting it was to see the first blades of grass poking through the snow each spring (in western Mass). But 18 years in a state with NO lizards and very limited fish fauna was enough ... i had to come south. Didn't know about chiggers when I moved here; that was a rude awakening. And I do miss the rocky tidepools and wood turtles of New England.
I've never tried growing Chara in fish tanks, but Nitella and Najas are both good, provided your water is not too soft.
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
#18
Posted 26 September 2017 - 04:31 PM
I know exactly what you mean too. Our last trip up north.[attachment=18938:FB_IMG_1506460512846.jpg][attachment=18939:FB_IMG_1506460437034.jpg][attachment=18940:FB_IMG_1506460282365.jpg] I look forward to moving back someday. But life seems to be a trip downstream. Going back isn't nearly as easy.Know whatcha mean. I am happy and grateful to be in my little chunk o' SC, and plan to be here for the next 15 - 20 years at least. But I'm a small town Northern kid and there's no getting away from it. The blessing of having a deep sense of "place" is sometimes its challenge, I suppose...
I remember how exciting it was to see the first blades of grass poking through the snow each spring (in western Mass). But 18 years in a state with NO lizards and very limited fish fauna was enough ... i had to come south. Didn't know about chiggers when I moved here; that was a rude awakening. And I do miss the rocky tidepools and wood turtles of New England.
I've never tried growing Chara in fish tanks, but Nitella and Najas are both good, provided your water is not too soft.
I'm afraid to ask? Chiggers??? I could say the same thing I think about the roaches. And scorpions :/
I have hard water so maybe I'll give it a go in and aquarium of its own. Thanks for all the help !
#19
Posted 28 September 2017 - 04:19 AM
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."
#20
Posted 29 September 2017 - 01:37 PM
looking forwardThat's gorgeous. No wonder you miss it. Funny how some people can live in a place all their lives and never see it; and others can be somewhere just a very short while and a place becomes part of who they are. The good news is, sometimes you have to be gone long enough for home not to be home anymore before you can go back.
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