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Pringle Creek at Bush's Pasture Park
Macroinvertebrate data: 09-29-2021
School: South Salem High School
Date and time: Sept. 29, 2021, 10 a.m.
Water quality: Good
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Weather: 62° partly sunny
Percent EPT: 29.41%
Note: EPT is the total number of caddisflies, mayflies, and stoneflies found divided by number of all bugs
Field notes: Diving beetle +2 Fish +3
Sensitivity to pollution
Sensitive
| Count | |
|---|---|
Caddisfly
|
0 |
Mayfly
|
9 |
Riffle beetle
|
0 |
Stonefly
|
1 |
Water penny
|
0 |
Dobsonfly
|
0 |
| Sensitive total |
6 |
Somewhat Sensitive
| Count | |
|---|---|
Clam/mussel
|
0 |
Crane fly
|
1 |
Crayfish
|
2 |
Damselfly
|
1 |
Dragonfly
|
0 |
Scud
|
2 |
Fishfly
|
0 |
Alderfly
|
0 |
Mite
|
0 |
|
Somewhat sensitive total |
8 |
Tolerant
| Count | |
|---|---|
Aquatic worm
|
4 |
Blackfly
|
0 |
Leech
|
1 |
Midge
|
0 |
Snail
|
13 |
Mosquito larva
|
0 |
|
Tolerant total |
3 |