Animas Valley Elementary School
Durango, Colorado
Data of a Pond Sampling: May 18, 2007
The 4th graders at Animas Valley Elementary found several macro invertebrates during our Bucket Buddies investigation. Our pond is located behind our school. Its name is Red Rock Pond. Here is a chart that shows the macro invertebrates that we found:
Name of macro invertebrate |
Number found |
|
Daphnia |
3 |
|
Water Spider |
8 |
|
Damselfly Nymph |
1 |
|
Stonefly |
1 |
|
Backswimmer |
1 |
|
Snail |
1 |
|
Mosquito Larva |
1 |
|
Water Bug |
1 |
|
Damselfly Larva |
1 |
|
Scud/ Amphipod |
1 |
|
Slug |
3 |
|
Water Strider |
6 |
|
Mosquito |
4 |
|
Caddisfly |
1 |
|
Caddisfly Larva |
1 |