Aquatic Macroinvertebrates

Our latest Aquarium #CreatureFeature highlights half a dozen different critters! In this episode, you will learn all about the aquatic macroinvertebrates (water bugs) that live in Spring Lake, how our aquarium staff collect them and what they do with them. While they are small in size, these tiny creatures play a big role in improving our understanding of the health of our waterways due to their sensitivity to pollution which allow us to see the effects of short- and long term pollution events. After the episode, use our online guide to do your own bug picking project at home: https://bit.ly/2K8ivjf! We’ve included an ID packet to local water bugs and what their pollution tolerances are, so anyone from grade-school age and up can make their own assessment.