Jul 6-11, 2013
The day before this was taken there was a thunderstorm, interrupting a week of mostly hot weather and followed by some light rain. There were only a few puddles; this was from a larger one at the edge of a park where several tire tracks had scooped out a dirt basin, taken around a small plant growing there.
The water was full of green flagellates, especially Pandorina, various Euglena, and Gonium as well as smaller single-celled types. These became less common after a few days, though when the container was raised to get more sunlight Euglena were soon plentiful in the corner towards it.
Drops from both the surface and mud also often held fast Polyarthra, both with and without attached eggs. Some other common sorts were various Phyllopharyngea, Paramecium, and bdelloids, as well as tube-building ciliates including both long branching Chaetospira and single Stichotricha.
Ciliophora - about 115 µm
Spathidiida - about 130 µm
Ciliophora - about 90 µm
Spirotrichea - about 120 µm
Spirotrichea - about 145 µm
Spirotrichea, Ciliophora - about 60, 30 µm
Spirotrichea,
Euglena - about 85, 30 µm
Spirotrichea - about 100 µm
Ciliophora - about 35 µm
Ciliophora - about 28 µm
Phyllopharyngea - about 55 µm
Phyllopharyngea - about 55 µm
Phyllopharyngea - about 75 µm
Ciliophora - about 22 µm
Vorticellidae - bodies about 55, 40 µm
Bdelloidea - body about 320 µm
Bdelloidea - body about 410 µm
Ploima - body about 200 µm
Ploima - about 40 µm wide
Ploima - body about 290 µm
Ploima - body about 75 µm
Ploima - body about 175 µm
Flagellates and bacteria - about 7-8, 1-4 µm
Branched stalks - about 6-10 µm wide
Moving cell - about 35 µm
Enclosed euglenids? - cells about 22-27 µm
Somewhat eruptive amoeba - about 40 µm
Somewhat eruptive amoeba - about 70 µm
Filaments on spruce pollen - about 55 µm, 2 µm wide
Active rotifer egg? - about 75 µm
