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Garden pond on limestone outcrop in ...
Garden pond on limestone outcrop in ...
In an irrigation pond in the mountains.
Garden pond on Limestone outcrop in ...
Year round spring fed mountain stream confluence with La Rena spring outlet. ...
Bugs often found floating or 'skating' on the top of calm, clear water, such as ...
"Brownish-black in colour, with a narrow body. The forelegs are short and used ...
There were a number of these right by the river bank.
The one in the first picture appears to have just scooped up a tasty morsel!
I have checked the ID box on this as I am not 100% certain.
Backswimmers are predators and attack prey as large as tadpoles and small fish, ...
Typical representative if its gender, this strider/
These magic little bugs don't break the surface tension of the water, they just ...
•They are also known as water bugs, pond ...
As incongruous as it may seem to find this on a vertical wall, this is, I ...
Size between 8-10 mm, very slender and elongated. They have six legs; the first ...
Family Gerridae are physically characterised by having hydrofuge hair piles, ...
Water striders vary in length ranging between 8 millimetres and 10 mm in size. ...