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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:

Phantom midge larva Charborus sp.

Essex, Factfile, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 9, 20131 Comment

After the success of the Pond olive mayfly larva post I thought I post about another of the ponds amazing creatures: the Phantom midge larva. I took some photos of these creatures today. They are specialised predators that live a mostly planktonic life. Floating around in open water they would be easily spotted and vulnerable…

Haliplus water beetle larva and phantom midge larva

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 10, 2012Leave a comment

A couple of Pond creature photos, taken with my aquarium set up a while back. Both of these are under 1cm long and required the use of extension tubes for grater magnification. First up this Haliplus water beetle larva. And a couple of phantom midge larvae close ups

Phantom midge larvae

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 13, 2011Leave a comment

I’ve finally got round to editing some photos from a pond photography session back in February. This included some of my best photos of phantom midge.

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