@karolina . Please help. Freshwater pond... This was moving and is very thick. Looks like a diatom, is very motile.
Foldscope microscopy with iPhone6s on 2016.06.05
Growing in Seattle underground
The sharp rise in temperature from the last few days seems to have prompted huge numbers of ants to have their nuptial flights. I was at Warm Springs BART station where I found three species of alates being drawn to the bright lights of the station
This is a Double Pond sample observed through a microscope at (40x). It's Pseudopodium or 'fake feet' wrap around the plant matter. The amoeba is the clear and speckled preparing to absorb the dark plant matter beneath it.
I saw a strange bug flying around when it landed on the parking lot my suspicions were confirmed. This queen alate landed and promptly snapped off her wings