My First Journal Post!
Now, this was kind of weird. Some of you are probably wondering what the title is referring to, you will find out right now.
So, during mid-spring, I had a stack of flower pots in my backyard. One day, it rained, and water filled to the top of the pots. I didn't really think of dumping it because I was kind of lazy to do it. A few weeks past and I started to notice some green 'algae-like' substance growing in there. I was curious to see what would happen next so I left it there for another few weeks. Then, I started noticing mosquito larvae floating around and that was really interesting.
Just in case the water were to dry, I would sprinkle some water in there because it was getting interesting and I wanted to know what would happen next. I would watch the larvae squirm around in the pots and they looked kind of funny. I saw that the larvae were feeding on the green 'algae-like' substance that I talked about. That was when I knew that a food chain had begun. After a few days, I saw a woodlouse at the bottom of the water and that didn't surprise me since I would normally see them everywhere in my area. The following few days after, I saw a Woodlouse Spider had drowned in the pots and it was getting more and more interesting.
After some days, I didn't see any of the two (Woodlouse and Woodlouse Spider). Maybe they were collected and eaten by some other predator, or maybe the larvae had a great feast on them. I don't know. Something was going on with the mosquito larvae. I think they were coming into their pupa stage. While digging in my garden, I found an Earthworm so I decided to see what would happen if I placed the Earthworm in the pots, since Earthworms can still live in water. I put 2 or 3 leaves in there for the worm to have.
Many weeks past and the worm and mosquito pupae were doing good. But then, a brown centipede decided to join them and ended up drowning. The mosquito pupae were slowly vanishing (maybe they were becoming adults) and it was getting a bit weird so I decided to empty the pots and washing them clean. I was a bit nervous while lifting the pots because there were a whole lot of specimens living in there. I gently lifted them and slowly poured the water into some moist and loose dirt.
After emptying the pots, I began to wonder. How come I didn't see the Earthworm? It somehow disappeared some days before I had emptied it out. That was a really crazy experience!
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Great first post!
Perhaps a hungry bird came along and ate the worm.
Thanks!
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