Freshwater invertebrate ID films

The aim of these short films, produced in association with Ian Wallace, is to give an accurate representation of the sort of view you would get looking down into a sample tray, instead of taking specimens and looking at them under microscopes. In this situation, e.g. when pond dipping with children or doing Riverfly sampling, it is often the 'general impression' and the way an animal moves or holds itself that gives us a clue as to what taxonomic group it's in. We've been working with Caddis recorder and freshwater biologist Ian Wallace to produce this series of films.  

Heptageniidae

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Damselfly nymphs

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Gammarus

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Cased caddis

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Caseless caddis

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Flatworms

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Water mites

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