sample from shallow run-off ditch from orchard - freshwater, collected 10 April 2024
Vernal pool. found in sample of this goop: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/206124448
Well, I got one pic of the front end and one pic of the back end anyway… fast and free-swimming.
140 microns long. From a meltwater puddle thick with filamentous algae.
Tiny fast-moving wormlike animal with bifurcate tail from water sample