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Description:

Looked just short of an inch in length. It wagged it's black bottom end around.

Habitat:

It was spotted in antigens woodland near a flowing stream.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Maniacval
Maniacval 7 years ago
Ontholestes tessellatus
Ontholestes tessellatus Ontholestes tessellatus - Ontholestes tessellatus | NatureSpot


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It looks like maybe trying to break out of an exoskeleton, could take anything from a few minutes to several hours before it heads off into a new life. I see similar things crawl out of our garden pond and up a plant stem and eventually a dragonfly emerges through a hole in the back, dries its wings and flies off. So, it looks like a nymph but no idea what it might become.

JakeBrown2
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JakeBrown2

Wealden, England, United Kingdom

Spotted on May 4, 2016
Submitted on May 6, 2016

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