[rsivertsen]

Great post Arvin! Glad to see this! In the wild, they are often loaded with various worms, from tubiflex to Planeria, and the Aldrovanda feeds on them quite well, and loves the additional CO2 that they release by respiration. In my pond, some of the best strands are found in shallow puddles directly above a mat of tubiflex worms. Under a dissecting microscope, I observed these strands and saw dozens of smaller worms climbing through the whorls, along with copepods, mosquito larvae, daphnia, and a host of other small critters from mollusks to crustaceans.

- Rich