Just found this, no idea what it is, but it's neat looking :)

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Lilly Begonia
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Just found this, no idea what it is, but it's neat looking :)

#1 Post by Lilly Begonia » Sun Feb 25, 2018 6:02 pm

It was twitching occasionally when I found it, now it's not moving. Is it some kind of arthropod?

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Re: Just found this, no idea what it is, but it's neat looking :)

#2 Post by 75RR » Sun Feb 25, 2018 6:52 pm

Helpful animalcule key:

http://cfb.unh.edu/cfbkey/html/begin.html

following the images I get:

http://cfb.unh.edu/cfbkey/html/Organism ... ellus.html
Zeiss Standard WL (somewhat fashion challenged) & Wild M8
Olympus E-P2 (Micro Four Thirds Camera)
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Lilly Begonia
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Re: Just found this, no idea what it is, but it's neat looking :)

#3 Post by Lilly Begonia » Sun Feb 25, 2018 7:01 pm

75RR wrote:Helpful animalcule key:

http://cfb.unh.edu/cfbkey/html/begin.html

following the images I get:

http://cfb.unh.edu/cfbkey/html/Organism ... ellus.html
Ah, thank you for that! So it's a copepod of some kind. This will help.
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