This beauty was found swimming along in a wetland in Valleycliffe. You never know what you’ll find in our amazing backwoods and ponds.
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Fairy Shrimp
The Fairy Shrimp section from “Vernal Pools: A Diamond in the Rough” DVD. www.theOEC.org
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Ghostly Fairy Shrimp-celebrezze
Fairy shrimp are the fresh water cousins of brine shrimp and are considered crustaceans. They are about an inch in length. They feed on vegetation and on small creatures. They lay eggs which are called “cysts.” These cysts have prven viable in labs past 200 degrees F and 100 degrees F below zero. They are eaten by water fowl and other animals. They can be only found in vernal pools. These shrimp reside in a pool in Delaware County Ohio.
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Vernal Pools-fairy shrimp in the dark part 1
These fairy shrimp live in central Ohio and can be found in vernal pools-seasonal wetlands. They can only be found in vernal pools. They are usually an inch long or smaller and are crustaceans. Males have the longer atennal appendages than the females. Their eggs (which are called cysts) can stand temperatures of over 200 degrees F above and below zero. For more on vernal pools and protection check out www.ovpp.org
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