To celebrate the launch of the Freshwater Habitats Trust, I thought I would do a ‘best of’ my pond creature photos (some of which are being used by the FHT). These are a few of the nicer shots I’ve taken.
First up, the first photo I was happy with of a four spotted chaser dragonfly nymph.
From then on I didn’t look back:
Brackish water prawn
Greater pond snail.
Backswimmer.
Sand case caddisfly larva.
Water spider.
Stickleback.
Smooth newt tadpole.
Hydrobius fuscipes – a scavenger water beetle.
Saucer bug.
Pond skater.
Duck leech.
Great silver water beetle larva eating a snail.
Hyphydrus ovatus diving beetle
Water stick insect.
Water measurer.
Water louse.
Pirate spider.
Striped emperor dragonfly nymph.
Clinging mayfly nymph
Black belly diving beetle
Diving beetle larva
Brilliant photos…so interesting to see the detail!!
That is a fantastic collection. Thank you for sharing it!
Thank you for sharing this fascinating world, reflected in your wonderful photos. One can sometimes forget that it’s not just humans that inhabit Earth.
Absolutely brilliant pictures. A whole new world…