Water bugs
Today we had a surprise visit from Richard Hodgens from the Glenelg Hopkins Water Catchment Management Authority. He put us in teams of 3 or 4 and we looked to see whether the Moyne River near Hawkesdale or Hamilton Lake had the most water bugs or the most diversity. They came out to be about the same but the the water plants were different and the Lake bugs were more active. Good fun!
July 13th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Hi Hawkesdale,
We like your post about water, you have told us some interesting things.We learnt about water cylcles last year but we didn’t learn about water bugs. They sound really interesting, can you tell us more about them?
From 4on
July 15th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
what do water bugs look like?
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:26 am
We have added 3 photos. You need a magnifying glass or a white container to get a good look. Try grabbing some water from your local creek or nearest lake. Hope you have some good rain like we have.
July 28th, 2008 at 1:19 am
Hi we did the same thing with Richard.The things that we saw were leachs, a dead fish, snails and lots of water plants. It was lots of fun.
August 27th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
The bugs look really intersting and you looked as if you enjoyed yourselves. I hope we continue to get good rain.