More images of what I see under the microscope. This was algae (little dots) and ???? from the wildlife water bucket.
This thing would pulse, expanding its "mouth" and then suddenly shrinking back into a ball, then expanding again, over and over. Google images isn't helping ID it.
@peeppeepcircus @CJLavoie Your photo'd bug has characteristics that are shared by protozoans & specifically ciliated protozoans. These single celled organisms have structures called cilia that look like short hairs on their bodies which are used for locomotion primarily and also used for creating water vortices that draw in food into their "mouths". 1/x
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Your photo is appears to be missing a stalk like the bug in this photo. These are commonly called stalked ciliates. There are thousand species of stalked ciliates. I took these photos using a phase contrast microscope at 400x magnification. All these are different species of stalked ciliates. The cilia are located at the top and have a stalk which they use to attach, affix, anchor themselves to a substrate to keep from floating away.
@Victor so cool! @CJLavoie