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About three weeks ago I found hundreds of red-spotted newt larvae in a flooded depression in a forest. I dipped in a critter tote and found that most of them were healthy, and only about 1cm long. After 2.5 weeks, I went back to the park and found that a bit of the puddle was just mud. They could've moved into the deeper part of the pool, but what could have happened to the newt larvae?
 
It is possible that they died, or they could have metamorphed.. .

Ed
 
That's the fate of many amphibians that breed in vernal pools... in some years, the offspring all perish. In lucky years, hundreds live, and that makes up for the other years.
 
I'm going back to the woodland tomorrow. It's been over a month now. They've probably transformed into efts already. I have footage of the larvae, but you can't put that on a screen like this.
 
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