Yesterday we took the family up to Tremont for a citizen science workshop on water mites. If this sounds like an unknown topic to you, it probably should as there are only 5 biologists in North America doing research on these mites. These lovely critters can be found in basically any body of water, but are about the size of a speck of sand. We had a great time first collecting samples from the Middle Prong of Little River and then sucking water mites out of a dish with pipettes. Jodie, in particular, is quite the budding water mite specialist. Anyway, some of the pictures from the workshop can be found below:
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