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Rhantus Diving beetle larva

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 10, 20142 Comments

A few more aquarium shots, of one of the diving beetle larvae I found last week. It was from a pond that had dried out for a few day before being refilled 3 weeks ago, but these larvae either hid in the mud or have grown fast, as they were 2cm long already! EDIT –…

Wasp great diving beetle on white background

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 26, 2013Leave a comment

I’ve been playing with white backgrounds with my pond creature photography and I’m getting some OK results so far. Here is a Wasp (great) Diving Beetle.

Diving beetle larva

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 21, 20131 Comment

Last week was my first attempt at some aquatic invertebrate photograph for a while, but I got some nice shots. This diving beetle larvae ended up posing well. Got a few close ups too

Diving beetle larva covered in Vorticella ciliate

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 20, 2013Leave a comment

Another quick photo post, this time of a diving beetle larva. This beastie is famous for being a ferocious predator, sometimes attacking prey bigger then itself with its large pincer like mouthparts. They even eat each other! If you look closely you can see its covered in what looks like white fuzz. These are another…

Dytiscus diving beetle larva

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 16, 20126 Comments

Ive posted photos the larva of a lesser water beetle and the great silver water beetle recently, but the most ferocious of them all are the larvae of the great diving beetle species or Dytiscus larvae. If you mange to get one of these in your pond dipping tray, you will soon end up with…

Black belly and wasp diving beetles (Dytiscus semisulcatus and D. circumflexus)

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 23, 20111 Comment

I’ve been catching up with some editing including some pond creatures and I came across probably my best diving beetle images. I photographed 2 species that day, the black belly diving beetle Dytiscus semisulcatus. And the wasp diving beetle Dytiscus curcumflexus, named after the striped underside.

Welcome to UK Wildlife Blog MK3

Blog news, Freshwater invertebrates, Website newsBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 1, 20113 Comments

Well I’ve finally done it, I’ve gone and made my new website, something I’ve wanted to do for quite a while now. I’ve gone with wordpress for the whole website to start with and I still need to tweek a few things, add a photo here and a description there.  The gallery is a temporary…

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