Mrs.Cramers Leap Class

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Mrs.Cramers Leap Class

• Akron Elementary

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Total Macroinvertibrates

• In Mrs.Cramers LEAP class we found 121
  macroinvertebrates in all at the Roland Park in
  Akron, PA. The macroinvertebrates we found are
  snails, water spiders, leech eggs, water fleas,
  bristle worms, damsle fly nymphs, caddis flies,
  mosquito larvae, may fly nymphs, scuds, midge
  larvae, water mites, dragon fly nymphs, crawling
  water beetles, backswimmers, and boatman. Those
  are all the macroinvertebrates we found at the
  Roland Park in Akron, PA.

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Backswimmer and boatman

• We found 10 backswimmers and 1 boatman

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Bristle worms and damselfly nymphs

• Bristle worms can be found with or without hair.
• Bristle worms move by stretching and pulling
  their bodies along.
• Our LEAP group found 6 bristle worms.

• Damselfly nymphs measure 2-4 cm long.
• They have three legs and three tails.
• Our LEAP group found 2 damselfly nymphs.

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Dragon fly nymph and crawling water beetles

• We found two dragon fly nymphs and three
  crawling water beetles.

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Leech eggs , Water fleas

• We found five leech eggs , and twenty eight water
  fleas.

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Caddis fly , Mosquito larvae

• At Akron Park , PA we found one caddis fly and
  one mosquito larvae.

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May fly nymph and Scud

• May fly nymphs are very small.
• They have 3 pairs of legs and 3 tails. brown, or
  gray.
• Our leap group found 3 May Fly Nymphs.

• Scuds are fast sideway swimmers and look like
  fuzzy shrimp.
• They have 7 pairs of legs and are approximately
  1 centimeter long.
• Our leap group found 1 Scud.

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The midge larvae and water mite

• We found 0NE.
• A midge larvae has a camouflaged body.
• This macro invertebrate has no legs.
• It is very thin and wiggles a lot out of water.

• It is very small.
• Our leap group found three 3

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Snails and Water Spiders

• In Mrs. Cramers LEAP class at Akron Elementary
  we found 8 water spiders and 46 snails. We went
  to the pond at Roland park in Akron, Pa and found
  these.

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Mrs. Cramers LEAP class