Two notable zooplankton returned this past fall and winter – daphnia and bosmina. They had largely disappeared from Tahoe after invasive mysis shrimp were introduced in the 1960s. The shrimp were so abundant in the lake that a California nonprofit group was studying ways to harvest the shrimp and turn them into dog treats.
In 2021, the mysis shrimp population crashed unexpectedly, and a year later, daphnia and bosmina were thriving.
Yes, but He has a system for all His creatures.
He has one for mysis shrimp, and another for zooplankton, and even a system for both.
We sprayed them, put out traps, etc, but they came back the next two years.
That third year, I noticed a small wasp was also colonizing the plants in our front yard, even building nests in our mailbox. I thought I might need to get rid of them too, until I saw their larvae feeding on the beetles.
Buy the end of that spring, the beetles were gone, and have never come back in 18 years. The wasps are gone too.
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