Dear Readers, I always make it tough for myself when I don’t do a multiple-choice quiz! For this week’s quiz, I’ve given a full mark where the animal was identified to species level where this was possible – so for Question 5, ‘dragonfly’ got a half-mark, ‘Broad-bodied Chaser’ got a full mark. The results are in, and this week Mike from Alittlebitoutoffocus triumphed with 15/15, with Fran and Bobby Freelove with 12.5/15 and Clare with 11/15, a sterling effort from everybody! Well done, and let’s see what pops up on Saturday….
What animal is shown in each of these photos?
1) Toadspawn from Common Toad (Bufo bufo)
2) Water hog louse (Asellus aquaticus)
3) Great Ramshorn Snail (Planobarius corneus)
4.Smooth newt (Triturus vulgaris)
5. Broad-bodied chaser (Libellula depressa) – Male
6) Pond Olive Mayfly (Cloeon dipterum)
7. Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
8. Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)
9.Great Diving Beetle (Dytiscus marginalis)
10.Whirligig Beetle (Gyrinus substriatus)
11.Common pondskater (Notonecta glauca)
12. Lesser Water Boatman (Corixa punctata)
13. Mosquito larvae (Culex pipiens)
14.Red Water Mite (Eylais sp.)
15.Water Flea (Daphnia sp.)
Photo Credits
Photo One from https://biodynamicgardening.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/toad-spawn.jpg
Photo Two by AnemoneProjectors, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Three by Аимаина хикари, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Four by I, Anevrisme, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Five by By Charles J. Sharp – Own work, from Sharp Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38292525
Photo Six by Bj.schoenmakers, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Seven by © Copyright Mike Pennington and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Photo Eight by By Charles J. Sharp – Own work, from Sharp Photography, sharpphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42069905
Photo Nine by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Ten by James Lindsey at Ecology of Commanster, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Eleven by James Lindsey at Ecology of Commanster, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Twelve by AnemoneProjectors, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Thirteen by (Image: James Gathany, CDC), CC BY 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Fourteen by Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Fifteen by Dieter Ebert, Basel, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Yes we must admit we found one or two of those difficult so we’re quite pleased with that score. Well Done Mike that’s an amazing result!
Another fabulous quiz, which I enjoyed very much! Obviously I’m delighted to have ‘won’ though everyone who takes part is a winner in my book. Many thanks to Fran and Bobby for their comment. I’m sure they will regain their crown very soon. In the meantime, I’ll go for a long walk to celebrate. 😊
As usual, I have learnt a lot from this quizz, especially about insects( being more spontaneously interested in plants and birds).I don’t have an easy everyday access to a pond nowadays, but when I did, as a teenager, I thought « swimming » insects were divided in two categories: the big legs skating type and the round ones with oars – and did not look further! I just discovered a new, rich, thrilling world!
I also rediscovered a word …in French… we city people tend to use the word « libellule » for both dragonflies and damselflies. But we do have the word « demoiselle »( damsel fly). So, new knowledge, both about nature and linguistic…( https://www.anvl.fr/petit-monde-libellules/ ) Thank you and well done, everybody!