Water striders may be up to 18 millimeters long. Their forelimbs are used to capture their prey. They eat trapped insects, the larvae of other aquatic insects, and crustacea. Water striders are capable of moving very rapidly and jumping from one spot to another. The mosquito fish eat mostly mosquito larva.
People put mosquito fish in ponds, creeks and lakes to keep the mosquito population down.
You will be more likely to find a mosquito fish in quiet pools and streams that are shallow because the mosquito fish's predator are less likely to be in the shallow parts of a pond or creek. With this all in mind, we were ready to dive in. There will be more organisms on the far side of the creek because people have better access to the near side, and people negatively impact the habitat which they visit. If we observe and count the organisms on both sides of the creek, then we will find more organisms on the far side because of its inaccessibility to people. These are the variables that we tried to keep in mind while conducting this project.