WATER FLEA
Eats: microscopic algae www.wildlife-man.co.uk
Eaten by: aquatic insects FLATWORM
Weird fact: some water fleas turn from Eats: dead animals
girls (females) to boys (males) in spring Eaten by: not much!
Weird fact: if chopped in half they
can grow two new bodies.
BLOODWORM
Eats: dead plants and animals GREATER
Eaten by: newts, fish, water boatman WATER BOATMAN
Weird fact: they are red because they Eats: tadpoles, water mites
have oxygen-rich blood (like humans!) WATER HOG LOUSE Eaten by: water beetles, fish
Eats: dead plants and Weird fact: they eat through a
WATER MITE animals sharp tube that they stick into
Eats: dead plants and animals Eaten by: water spiders tadpoles, before sucking out
Eaten by: water boatmen Weird fact: closely related to the juices
Weird fact: they are actually a type woodlice
of tiny spider
FRESHWATER SHRIMP
LESSER WATER
Eats: dead plants
BOATMAN
Eaten by: fish
Eats: tadpoles, fly larvae
CADDISFLY NYMPH Weird fact: closely related
Eaten by: water beetles
Eats: algae and dead plants to crabs and lobsters
and fish
Eaten by: fish Weird fact: they can fly
Weird fact: they hide in sticks or from pond to pond in
make nests out of pond material. DAMSELFLY NYMPH
Eats: small insects and tiny summer
tadpoles
Eaten by: birds and fish
Weird fact: they live in ponds
GREAT POND SNAIL for up to two years, then
Eats: algae and dead climb out of the pond
plants and fly away. FROG TADPOLE
Eaten by: birds Eats: algae when small, then dead animals
Weird fact: can Eaten by: birds, dragonfly nymphs, water boatman
breathe through their Weird fact: when tadpoles turn into frogs, they reabsorb
skin. their tails into their bodies.
RAMSHORN SNAIL
Eats: algae
Eaten by: birds and fish
Weird fact: they can store REMEMBER!
air in their shells so they WATER BEETLE
can breath underwater Eats: tadpoles and water mites
Eaten by: birds, fish, newts
Weird fact: many water
1. Don’t put your fingers
beetles carry an air bubble in the water or disturb
around with them, which the animals in the tray
provides them with an air
NEWT TADPOLE supply underwater
Eats: waterfleas and water mites
Eaten by: dragonfly nymphs
2. Never play around
Weird fact: they grow their DRAGONFLY NYMPH water without an adult.
front legs first, then their Eats: tadpoles and fish
back legs. This is opposite Eaten by: birds and big fish
to frogs and toads Weird fact: their mouth-
-parts can flick forward
to impale small pond
animals, which they then
chew into bite-size bits