Mrs.Cramer’s Leap ClassMrs.Cramer’s Leap Class

Akron ElementaryAkron Elementary

Total Macroinvertibrates Total Macroinvertibrates

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

Backswimmer and boatmanBackswimmer and boatman• We found 10 We found 10

backswimmers backswimmers and 1 boatmanand 1 boatman

Bristle worms and damselfly Bristle worms and damselfly nymphsnymphs• Bristle worms can be Bristle worms can be

found with or without found with or without hair.hair.

• Bristle worms move Bristle worms move by stretching and by stretching and pulling their bodies pulling their bodies along.along.

• Our LEAP group Our LEAP group found 6 bristle found 6 bristle worms.worms.

• Damselfly nymphs Damselfly nymphs measure 2-4 cm measure 2-4 cm long. long.

• They have three They have three legs and three legs and three tails.tails.

• Our LEAP group Our LEAP group found 2 damselfly found 2 damselfly nymphs.nymphs.

Dragon fly nymph and crawling Dragon fly nymph and crawling water beetleswater beetles

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

Leech eggs , Water fleasLeech eggs , Water fleas

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

Caddis fly , Mosquito larvaeCaddis fly , Mosquito larvae

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

May fly nymph and Scud:May fly nymph and Scud:

• May fly nymphs are May fly nymphs are very small. very small.

• They have 3 pairs They have 3 pairs of legs and 3 tails. of legs and 3 tails. brown, or gray.brown, or gray.

• Our leap group Our leap group found 3 May Fly found 3 May Fly Nymphs.Nymphs.

• Scuds are fast Scuds are fast sideway swimmers sideway swimmers and look like fuzzy and look like fuzzy shrimp.shrimp.

• They have 7 pairs They have 7 pairs of legs and are of legs and are approximately 1 approximately 1 centimeter long.centimeter long.

• Our leap group Our leap group found 1 Scud.found 1 Scud.

The midge larvae and water The midge larvae and water mitemite

• We found 0NE.We found 0NE.

• A midge larvae has A midge larvae has a camouflaged a camouflaged body.body.

• This macro This macro invertebrate has no invertebrate has no legs.legs.

• It is very thin and It is very thin and wiggles a lot out of wiggles a lot out of water.water.

• It is very small.It is very small.

• Our leap group Our leap group found three 3found three 3

Snails and Water SpidersSnails and Water Spiders

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

Mrs. Cramer’s LEAP classMrs. Cramer’s LEAP class