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Pond olive mayfly nymph

Ephemeroptera, Freshwater invertebrates, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 4, 2015Leave a comment

Some photos of the pond olive mayfly nymph I took using my photographic aquarium.

Wandering snail pond snails and mayfly nymphs

Ephemeroptera, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeMarch 6, 20131 Comment

Some from the processing backlog, much of which consists of pond creatures like these. Not my best pond pics, but worth processing. The Wandering pond snail is a common species in ponds. The pond olive mayfly nymph I have blogged about before before

Cloen dipterum Pond Olive Mayfly

Ephemeroptera, Factfile, Freshwater invertebrates, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 3, 20132 Comments

One of the most common finds in garden ponds this time of year is the Pond olive mayfly nymph Cloen dipterum. Mayflies usual conjure up thoughts of adults that mate and die after a day or two, and to those more familiar aquatic invertebrates of the larvae that live the the relatively oxygen rich flowing…

Pond olive mayfly and case building chironomid midge

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 13, 2012Leave a comment

Some more pond photos.  First up my best photo yet of a Pond olive mayfly nymph. This one appears to have lost half of its middle tail filament. I also photographed some chironomid midge larvae. this group is best known for its red coloured species, known as bloodworms. This species however was green and hide…

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