1. Water Holes Desert Water Holes - Tinajas Hieroglyphic Trail Superstition Mountains

2. Water Holes Desert Water Holes - Tinajas Hieroglyphic Trail Superstition Mountains

3. Water Holes Desert Water Holes - Tinajas Hieroglyphic Trail Flycatcher waiting for a meal.

4. Water Holes Desert Water Holes - Tinajas First Water Creek Superstition Mountains

5. Water Holes Desert Water Holes - Tinajas First Water Creek Bees + other arthropods take advantage of the available water.

6. Water Holes Desert Water Holes - Tinajas First Water Creek Algae forms the basis of the aquatic food chains.

7. Water Holes Desert Water Holes - Tinajas Ostracods are:  known as “seed shrimp”  Around 1 millimeter in size  Able to swim  Drought resistant eggs  Parthenogenic reproduction

8. Water Holes Desert Water Holes - Tinajas Fairy Shrimp  Are fresh water crustaceans known as Branchiopoda  Lay eggs that will survive drought for years and hatch in 30 hours  Swim”upside down”filtering organic matter or scraping algae

9. Water Holes Water holes – Northern Arizona Waterpockets/ Kissing pools Triops  1-2” crustaceans commonly called “tadpole shrimp”  Are living fossils that reach back 300 million years

10. Water Holes Desert Water Holes - Tinajas Predaceous Beetles  Are water beetles with short, sharp mandibles that deliver digestive enzymes  Prey on insects + small fish  Larvae are commonly called “water tigers”

11. Water Holes Water holes – Northern Arizona Sinkholes and stock ponds

12. Water Holes Water holes – Northern Arizona Sinkholes and stock ponds

13. Water Holes Water holes – Northern Arizona Sinkholes/ and Stock Ponds Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum Larvae and Adult

14. Water Holes Water holes – Northern Arizona Sinkholes/ and Stock Ponds Stock Pond Terrestrial Garter snake Thamnophis elegans North Kaibab Plateau

15. Water Holes Water holes – Northern Arizona Sinkholes/ and Stock Ponds Stock Pond Near Camp Verde

16. Water Holes Water holes – Northern Arizona Sinkholes/ and Stock Ponds Stock Pond What critters are these?