September 20th, 2010 | By Dave | Published in Aquatic Insects, Backyard Garden, Invertebrates, Macro Monday
We’ve had a couple of days of rain and several centimetres of water has been sitting in a small Rubbermaid tote that we use when gardening. I happened to look into it earlier this week when getting ready to put the yard waste out for Courtenay’s recycling program to pick up and noticed that things [...]
September 24th, 2009 | By Dave | Published in Aquatic Insects, Environmental Issues, Invertebrates
While walking along the Tsolum River this week I took the time to turn a few stones in a fast flowing riffle. Under one of the rocks was a pair of mayfly nymphs (Order Ephemeroptera from Ephemeros – short lived and Pteron – wings). While the nymph part of the life cycle can be anywhere [...]
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