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SPAC
Some students
are scooping water bugs.
By Emma
On Wednesday the 22nd of October 2003, Year 6 went to Brookvale Creek
to do their Waterbug Survey with Mr T., Alison and David who were
helping us with our survey from Streamwatch.
When we got there we were divided into groups. One group was going with
Mr T. to go and test the water and the other groups were with David and
Alison and they were taking us to go and look for bugs for our survey.
Mr T. only took 4 people, Alison and David took the rest of us.
JP and Jackson found this gross looking thing it looked like a slug
sitting on an and it was gross but then David told us it was a dragon
fly.
We also found:
25 water striders
6 fly lavae
1 fresh water worm
11 water penny beetle lavae
1 caddis fly
715 snails
9 flat worms
2 dragon lavae
After we counted them we went back to school. At school Daisy had to
put the information on the Waterbug website.
Some waterbugs.
By Stephen
On the 22nd of October, Year 6 went to Brookvale Creek to do the
Waterbug Survey.
We walked to Brookvale Creek and and we all got nets and filled up some
trays and started to catch bugs. Everyone caught at least one bug
and after 15 minutes we went to a table and we all got spoons and
picked out bugs.
There were 25 water striders 6 fly larvae, 1 freshwater worm, 11 water
penny beetle larvae, 1 caddis fly, heaps of snails, 9 flatworms and 2
dragonfly larvae. One of the dragonfly larvae was very big.
Then we went back to school. We also saw a baby owl. It was sitting
just above us in a tree waiting for its mother. It was very rare to see
this owl so we were very lucky, in fact they are endangered.
The Powerful
Owl we saw at Brookvale Creek.
By Kylie
On Wednesday the 22nd of October 2003, Year 6 went to do their Spring
Waterbug survey at Clearview Place with Alison and David who are in
Streamwatch.
When we were finding the bugs, JP ran straight through the creek
because he slipped and his shoes were all soggy wet. When we were
finding the bugs Jackson found a big Dragonfly Lavae but because it was
big JP caught it with his hands. It looked like a slug with ant legs
sticking out of it.
We scooped bugs from water, under rocks and plants for 15 minutes.
When we found a bug or bugs we put them into big trays and took them to
the table. We used teaspoons and scooped the bugs into a ice cube
containers to count them.
We found 25 Water Striders, 6 Fly Lavaes, 1 Freshwater Worm, 11 Water
Penny Beatle Lavae, 1 Caddis Fly, 715 Snails, 9 Flat Worms and 2
Dragonfly Lavaes.
At the end we returned the waterbugs carefully into the water.