Glassworm
Chaoborus
These are the larvae of the midge fly , also called phantom
midge larvae, they are used as a living food for fishes
and salamanders. These glassworma are hunters, mostly for
waterfleas
and cyclops, but most of all: .
mosquito's.
going up and down
Glassworms are almost transparant except for two pair of black
kidney shaped organs that function as an air balloon: Inflating
it with air makes the glassworm going up. Deflating makes them travel
to the bottom of the ditch.
The glassworm has two pairs of airballoons
as a living food
Glassworms can be given as food forstickelbacks,
they are there natural enemies, and waterinsekts, like the waterbeetle..
Glassworms contain much less calories as bloodworms , and are
so are more expensive.
So wateranimals that hunt with there eyes have trouble
hunting them, like watersalamanders.
The glassworm waits for its prey.
How to store them.
They can be kept a live in youre fridge but will develop
after some weeks int a midge fly
envirronment
Glassworms can live in light brackish, polluted and low in oxygen water.
de wittemuggelarve op jacht
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Chaoroborus hunts for its prey by staying motionless
and transparant in the water. With tank to :
Jaap
witte mug ,200x
kidney shaped air-vacuolen
microscopie
Nice to be sen under
a microscope, but they keep on moving.
60x
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