freshwater jellys

[divingmoose]

last week in star lake in Manitoba,s Whiteshell Provincial Park swimmers discovered
fresh water jellyfish acording to the paper(wpg. freepress aug 30/10)they are the same species as a jelly from china.
Im heading that way saturday to go for a dive and see for myself and get a few pictures. I hope there still there.

 

[sablefish]

wow. keep us updated. Invasive jellies have been seen in a few lakes around BC the last few years, and there isn't any info on whether they're displacing our local fish species yet. These certainly have the ability to kill fish larvae and juveniles.

http://www.freshwaterjellyfish.org/canada.html#BC

 

[gitterdun]

We have seen them in both the St. Lawrence River, near Brockville, as well as in Lake Ontario, in Kingston. Pretty amazing!

 

[j yaeger]

they are in some of the deeper lakes here as well
not an invasive species however
only see them when conditions are just right
about the size of a quarter-don't hurt hamans...
cool,eh?????!!!!
have fun
yaeg

 

[divingmoose]

Well I when out to star but didnt dive I talked to a few locals there are not a lot left to see and a diver buddy told me he was a t the beach on the 4th and kids were scooping them up in buckets Ill try to get there next summer during the heat wave in july, Aug Ill update next year.

 

[ivakdiver]

Here in Ontario we have been spotting them at the Welland Scuba Park. Here is a cropped image of one.