Caddisfly larvae and Cascade frog tadpole - Flickr - brewbooks (3)

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Description: Order Trichoptera (Caddisfly) larvae and a Rana cascadae Cascades Frog tadpole, I based my shaky ID on photos from California Herps Eggs and Tadpoles of Cascades Frog - Rana cascadae and the fact that: "Cascade frog (Rana cascadae) was the most widely distributed and abundant amphibian species in lentic habitats of MORA" according to Inventory of Aquatic Breeding Amphibians, Mount Rainier National Park, 1994-1999 Seen in a small pond between Meadowatch Plot 4 and Plot 5 Lakes Trail, Mount Rainier National Park Elevation 1665 meters (5470 feet) Hiking and botanize in Reflection Lakes and Paradise area of Mount Rainier as part of MeadoWatch 105. Date: 28 August 2014, 16:02. Source: Caddisfly larvae and Cascade frog tadpole. Author: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA. Camera location 46° 46′ 52.6″ N, 121° 43′ 10.75″ W : View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth: 46.781277; -121.719654.