{"id":5780,"date":"2017-01-03T08:21:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T14:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/?p=5780"},"modified":"2017-03-11T10:37:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T16:37:27","slug":"life-on-the-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/life-on-the-pond\/","title":{"rendered":"Life on the Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings, BugFans,<\/p>\n<p>No words today, but an amazing set of videos. A woman named Linda contacted the BugLady in the summer of 2016 about her Missouri Master Naturalist project, which involved recording life on the surface of a (primordial ooze-ish) pond near her home.  She set up her video camera on a rock overlooking the pond and recorded dramas, large and small, in that cradle of life. Check the playlist of thirty-seven videos along the right side.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ls-no-bullet\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k8SBXfCU8OA&amp;list=PLzr0J2sWC1QjGkKF_-_uyxnzb9BLYl3rJ\">A Tale of Two Damselflies Transitioning to Adulthood<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Linda uses a quote from the great 19th century naturalist Louis Agassiz (not the tennis player) under her signature line: \u201cI spent the summer traveling; I got halfway across my back yard.\u201d Good on you, Linda.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy&mdash;think Sunny days and Warm waters.<\/p>\n<p>No&mdash;there\u2019s no such thing as too many dragonflies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>The BugLady<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout-intext\">\nHere is an example of one of the videos &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Tale of Two Damselflies Transitioning to Adulthood\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k8SBXfCU8OA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No words today, but an amazing set of videos. 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