Aquatic Life

Female Eastern Fairy Shrimp showing eggs developing in her brood pouch. [Eubranchipus vernalis]

Eastern Fairy Shrimp [Eubranchipus vernalis].

The beauty of Eastern Fairy Shrimp [Eubranchipus vernalis].

The beauty of Eastern Fairy Shrimp [Eubranchipus vernalis]. As we have seen a great food source for Marbled Salamander larvae

Female Eastern Fariy Shrimp [Eubranchipus vernalis] with developing eggs in her brood pouch. Pa. 2-6-24. One of the main foods for Ambystoma larvae.

Look close to see a Marbled Larva [Ambystoma opacum] in a sea of newly hatched Fairy Shrimp. When Fairy Shrimp first hatch they tend to be this redish color, All the Marbled Larvae that I photographed this day in my photographic tank, their stomachs were swollen red with Fairy Shrimp [Eastern Fairy Shrimp Eubranchipus vernalis]. Video taken by Hunter Kauffman

Mayfly Nymph [Ephemeroptera sp] . Coos County, N.H.

Female Common Crayfish [Cambarus bartonii bartonii]. Tioga County, Pa. 12-7-23 [Above & Below]