Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman, 27 Jan 2010, Lowndes County, Georgia.
What are these red things swimming in the pond water?
They’re alive, because they’re moving by themselves.
What are they?
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Floating Bottom
In the dead of winter, it’s amusing to look back a few months to fall flowers:
These yellow and white flowers are growing on floating bottom in the middle of a pond. Looks like a lush prairie:
But if you step on it, you will sink through into water. Here’s what you find at the edge of the floating bottom:
I think that’s bladderwort, which is a carnivorous plant that eats small insects.
And for another color:
Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman, 1 Nov 2009, Lowndes County, Georgia. More pictures in the flickr set.
Bee Lily
Follow the link to see the bee buz:
Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman, 2 August 2009.
Plain Old Frog
No tail on this one:
Picture by Gretchen, 17 August 2008.
Green Headed Bee?
I’m pretty sure it’s actually a wasp:
Picture by Gretchen, 17 August 2008.
Lily with Bees
At least we’ve got a few bees left:
Picture by Gretchen, 17 August 2008.
Floating Bottom
Ecotone, transition from open water to grass on floating bottom, with two kinds of lily pads and assorted other plants:
Picture by Gretchen, 17 August 2008.
Frog with Tail
Who you callin’ a tadpole?
Picture by Gretchen, 17 August 2008.