Please help me ID this freshwater creature
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:58 pm
while hiking Mount Dana in YNP last month i stopped to cool my feet in a meadow lake and came upon this creature crawling on rock in the water.
he did not move if i lifted my hand out of the water, but continued to crawl on my hand when i placed it back in. he had some feelers and a "proboscis" of sorts.
to me it looked as if his shell/casing was made of pine needles. i tried googling freshwater crustaceans and came up negative.
anyone out there know what this little critter is? this link will take you to the first of the 5 photos i took of it. it might be helpful to look at them all.
http://picasaweb.google.com/ryan.norma8 ... 4119678994
thanx!
norma
he did not move if i lifted my hand out of the water, but continued to crawl on my hand when i placed it back in. he had some feelers and a "proboscis" of sorts.
to me it looked as if his shell/casing was made of pine needles. i tried googling freshwater crustaceans and came up negative.
anyone out there know what this little critter is? this link will take you to the first of the 5 photos i took of it. it might be helpful to look at them all.
http://picasaweb.google.com/ryan.norma8 ... 4119678994
thanx!
norma
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