David_Epithet, 1 month ago to nature Today, I found a vernal pool bustling with tiny, freshwater ostracods (order Podocopida). Each is about the size of a pinhead. #nature #NaturePhotography #bugs #crustaceans #ostracods #FreshwaterOstracods #bugstodon #SouthernCalifornia A tiny pond nestled in a drainage feature, surrounded by granite boulders and dry grasses. The plants with the yellow flowers are seep-spring monkeyflower (Erythranthe guttata). This is where I found the ostracods.
Today, I found a vernal pool bustling with tiny, freshwater ostracods (order Podocopida). Each is about the size of a pinhead.
#nature #NaturePhotography #bugs #crustaceans #ostracods #FreshwaterOstracods #bugstodon #SouthernCalifornia
A tiny pond nestled in a drainage feature, surrounded by granite boulders and dry grasses. The plants with the yellow flowers are seep-spring monkeyflower (Erythranthe guttata). This is where I found the ostracods.