October 27, 2010, while looking through the 10x objective microscope, I saw a large organism with one large eye swimming very fast back and forth between the plants. As it swam it ate smaller organisms. This organism was identified as a Cyclops. Cyclops (Cyclopidae) are small Crustaceans (4mm) and belong to the family of copepods. Cyclops are a food source for insects and small fish.
Thompson, Gerald. Pond Life. Crustacea. 1984 p . 130-131.
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