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Part 2 – Life in the Gnammas
I went to visit the gnammas in Girraween National Park after the recent rains and although I didn’t find a crustacean — I was hoping to find a clam shrimp — I found a few other creatures instead.
Following are some of the creatures I discovered at the gnammas. A couple of the photos were in-situ, but mostly I captured them with a strainer (from the kitchen, don’t tell my wife Jan 😃) and put them in a light coloured tray or in the strainer for the photos.
Oligochaete worm (ID by Brian Timms).
Water Boatman – True bug in the order Hemiptera.
Back Swimmer Beetle – True bug in the order Hemiptera.
Tadpole.
Mayfly nymph and (possibly) a fly larva.
Mayfly larvae.
Different stages of the Mayfly larvae.
True bug order Hemiptera alongside a Water beetle (the flash reflections here a bit of a pain).
Water beetle, order Coleoptera (try catching one of these 😃).
Water beetle.
Not sure if this hopper is aquatic, but I watched it move jerkily along the bottom of the gnamma, emerging out the side and eventually disappearing.
Aquatic weevil (and two springtails also in the photo).
Midge.
Photographs / Images © Marc Newman
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