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Trail from La Selva Station to Arboretum or in the Arboretum.

"Jane's Pond". freshwater pond, plankton samples.

I know this is a mixture of several kinds of green algae, I am planning to divide up this observation into several.

plankton sample with plankton net, oligotrophic, tannin-rich freshwater

freshwater plankton sample, oligotrophic tannin-rich water in Pine Barrens.

Observation is of the little tiny organisms that are attached to the Tabellaria diatom.

ocean-near saltwater marsh, tidal

Plankton sample from ocean water at Barnegat Lighthouse, New Jersey.

Found at la selva

Found at la selva

Found at la selva

Found growing on tree bark in Skillman after a rainy period of days- microscope pictures included, oil bodies are visible!

Bright red insect (?) larvae found on shelf fungus- super neat! Looking under a dissection scope they have 6 legs and some sort of pincer on their butt.

Found growing alongside reindeer moss in Webb’s mill bog.

Packaraima Mountains, Guyana

Cloud forest.

will key later. no pollen

maybe? in a small pond with fountains

Makes sense considering this water must be chock full of minerals

On Sphingidae

These ants live inside a white fungus hanging on the underside of tree trunk in shade rainforest. What is the species? Never seen it before.

Little pond near coast, in coastal marshland

In stagnant freshwater pond, making thick floating masses of filamentous algae.