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Tag Archives: freshwater

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Phantom midge larva

Diptera, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 12, 2013Leave a comment

Today I’m off to the Launch of the Freshwater Habitats Trust, formerly known as Pond Conservation. I hope to Tweet this evening from the meeting and blog after the event, but to celebrate the launch, here are some phantom midge larva photos. I blogged some of the fascinating things about these brilliant creatures here:

Broad bodied and 4 spotted chasers

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 7, 2013Leave a comment

I started today by heading straight to the spot where I saw the emperors emerging, but they were no longer there and just their exuvia were left. Hopefully they got away safely. At lunchtime I managed some shots of broad bodied chasers, a female hovering between egg laying. And a perched male. Yesterday I managed…

Hatching great silver water beetles video

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, video, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 30, 20132 Comments

A couple of years ago a golf ball sized clump of white fuzz was fished out of some blanket weed on a pond dip. I had no idea what it was until I spotted the brown snorkel sticking out the water: it was the egg cocoon of the great silver water beetle! Unfortunately it would…

Lesser backswimmers Plea minutissima

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, wat tyler cp, water boatmanBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 17, 2013Leave a comment

The Lesser backswimmer Plea minutissima is often overlooked, being quite small (about 3mm long), resembling and often mistaken for a small nymph of the ‘greater’ backswimmer (Notonecta sp.). They are a real pain to photograph, rarely stopping long enough to find such a small creature in the frame, let a alone focus on them! I…

Pirate spider close up

Arachnid, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, spiders, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 23, 20132 Comments

Some photos taken using my photographic aquarium of a pirate spider Piraticus sp. This spider can be found around and sometimes on the surface of ponds. This one was flashing its fangs while on the water. This species should not be confused with the much larger raft spiders. This is another species to blog in…

Broad bodied chaser dragonfly nymph

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 15, 20133 Comments

A quick pond photo from last night, a broad bodied chaser dragonfly nymph.

Lesser water boatman

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, water boatmanBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 9, 20131 Comment

Just a quick post and photo. I’ll have to blog about these cracking little bugs one day, but for now here is a a pic of a lesser water boatman.

Water louse Asellus aquaticus

crustacean, Essex, Factfile, Freshwater invertebrates, Isopod, wat tyler cp, water louseBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 31, 20132 Comments

Regular readers will know I photograph pond creatures on a fairly regular basis, but up until today I have never managed a shot I’m happy with of a Water louse Asellus aquaticus. I catch them on most pond dips, but because they are so common, combined with the fact they have the habit tucking themselves…

Chaetogaster limnaei worm on a Ramshorn Snail

Essex, Freshwater annelid, Freshwater invertebrates, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 28, 20131 Comment

A couple of years ago I found a Ramshorn snail and decided to photograph it. I looked closer and I could see some white worm like creatures crawling over it. I struggled to work out what they were, but I recently asked around and was told by a member of the Wild about Britain forum…

Common Backswimmer Notonecta glauca

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 25, 2013Leave a comment

Here a few shots of a common backswimmer Notonecta glauca. This individual has flipped over to the right way up at the surface in preparation to fly off. I took them a couple of years ago so they are not my best shots I’ll have to blog more about these amazing insects later on.

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