Midge eggs and larvae

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 9:52 pm

I came across several gelatinous balls covered in debris. My first thought was egg masses of some type. As I looked a little closer I thought perhaps nostoc instead, then under the stereoscope I could see that these balls were filled with cyanobacteria as well as midge eggs. In one the eggs had just hatched out. I had not seen this before. The midge egg masses I have seen have all been much smaller, and usually sticking to some vegetation. Sort of odd... but here the eggs and the larvae that had just hatched out.

fonakta · Post by **fonakta** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 10:27 pm

Fantastic, thanks for sharing!

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:53 pm

Perfect images as usual....
First one DIC full extintion?

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 3:12 am

Super!

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:22 am

Excellent. As always.

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 9:51 am

Incredible catch.

piermicro · Post by **piermicro** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 6:47 am

As always very, very super.

_Michal_ · Post by **_Michal_** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:04 am

Great, as always