The Flagellate Phacus

jc maccagno · Post by **jc maccagno** » Sun May 15, 2011 4:52 pm

40X 50X and 100x. I have not encountered this long tailed Phacus before.
Fresh pond water not plentiful

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Sun May 15, 2011 5:00 pm

I have not encountered this long tailed Phacus before.

I have not seen this one before either. I do get lot's of Phacus acuminatus here, but not the Phacus orbicularis.

Maybe it's mating season?

jc maccagno · Post by **jc maccagno** » Sun May 15, 2011 5:57 pm

Sorry Mitch

I thought perhaps P elegans or P longicauda.... nothing as basic as you suggest!!

John

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Mon May 16, 2011 5:07 pm

Always a fun subject to see, but not always easy to photograph (at least some species) without a few images (stacked). Nicely done here.