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Living in a small neglected pond of water near the beach
Swimming beetle found in water. Measured approx. 5/8".
Wonder how many people realise they are this colourful.
It is often seen floating on still water... swimming and is very small
A small shiny signal fly was hiding under a lead and gave me a brief chance for ...
Black flying insect with red eyes that has a horizontal stripe across them. It ...
Very tiny aquatic insect, looks like some sort of back swimmer, this was ...
These are known as Backswimmers in USA
the veins. " "Boatman Fly" comes from the ...
A tiny fly, about 3 or 4 mm in length (much smaller than a house fly). Seen in ...
A small dark fly about 10mm long. He had large deep red eyes, a greenish thorax ...
, hence the name "water boatman". Their ...
It was black, plainly segmented, and had a dark patterns and veins on its ...
About 10mm long; red eyes separated (f?) clear wings held outwards with ...
An unidentified "picture-winged" fly with movements like a "
These usually swim on their backs close to the surface where they feed, hence ...
Swims on its back close to the surface to catch small surface feeding insects. ...
A flying insect about half an inch long. light gray body, black triangle on the ...
Water boatmen are slightly flattened and elongate. Two hind pairs of legs are ...
I was thoroughly astonished to find this insect crawling up my moth sheet. The ...
briefly but made no movements as seen in
The larval stage can last two to three years. Nymphs will molt around twelve ...
Black flying insect with red eyes that has a horizontal stripe across them. It ...
spotted something swimming near the surface of the sea. Requested the
constant motion. The movements it makes sound like that described for the ...
, populating ponds and other still waters in summer. Unlike the Common Water ...
The Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur, also known as the Lac Alaotra gentle lemur, ...
Another victim of artificial lighting (and metallic blue paint)? This tiny ...
Slate grey and lighter underside, slightly larger than a human, head more ...
