Species Cards

Aquatic invertebrate

Group:

Animal, Invertebrate (minibeast)

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Food chain :

What it eats :

Some are carnivorous and eat other water creatures, some are herbivorous and eat plant material (fresh or rotting).

Eaten by:

Other invertebrates, herons, frogs, water birds.

Habitat:

PondPond

Description:

Invertebrates that live (for at least part of their lifecycle) under or on water. They include water beetles, pond snails and larvae of many insects including midges, caddis flies, dragonflies and damselflies.


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