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What are these critters?

Plecostomus
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the yellow thing could be a daphnia or water flea...no clue on the other one, but it looks familiar. Myabe I will try to look it up.

The yellow one looks like an isopod, also known as a roly-poly, pill bug, wood louse or slater. If you poke them the curl up in a ball.

 

I'll have to think about the other one. The name of something that looks similar is on the tip of my tongue it has something to do with oars or boats. (How's that for scientific - I'll try to find it and come back later).

I'm confused about the pictures. What are they talking about. And what does the "to scale" label mean. Is that actual size, or something? Becasue if it is, then that's definately not a pilbug.

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