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Water spider, small red damselfly larva and palmate newt tadpole

amphibian, Arachnid, insect, odonata, spiders, Surrey, Thursley commonBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 29, 2011Leave a comment

When at thursley common back in June I tried some pond dipping off one of the board walks. When filling the tray with water before using the ent I scooped up a water spider, which is rather excellent considering Ive only ever seen 2 before. I caught quite a few in the end, they seeme…

Pond Skater Gerris sp

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 13, 20112 Comments

Here are a few shots of a pond skater a took a few weeks back. These true bugs or heteropterans stand on the surface tension of the water and ‘skate’ across it to catch insects that become trapped in the water. These were all taken using my photographic aquarium, which was full to the brim,…

Backswimmers Notonecta

Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, wat tyler cp, water boatmanBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 15, 20111 Comment

More from my pond photography back in February. This time the backswimmer or greater water boatman photos. These insects are one of the true bugs (heteroptera) a group of insects characterised by their mouthparts which have fused into a proboscis. You can see it clearly in this photo. I also got a couple of new…

Broad bodied chaser nymph, smooth newt tadpole and hawker dragonfly nymphs

amphibian, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 5, 20111 Comment

Some more pond photos. For this broad bodied chaser nymph I used image stacking. I also tried some image stacking on some smooth newt tadpoles. And this damselfly nymph. I also took some typical macros of this hawker dragonfly nymph, which had just shed its skin and was light green in colour.

Pirate spider – Pirata piraticus

Arachnid, Freshwater invertebrates, spidersBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 24, 2011Leave a comment

In June there were a number of pirate spiders Pirata piraticus living on the surface of the ponds so I caught one and placed it on the water surface in a photographic tank. I then got as low angle as possible to maximise reflection and impact of the image. This was the result:

Lesser water boatman nymph

Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 20, 20111 Comment

Back in June I found a nicely coloured lesser water boatman nymph. I had never seen one with such colouration before. So I took photos from a number of angles in my photographic aquarium.

Damselfly nymph, backswimmer and lesser water boatman

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 6, 20113 Comments

Here are some pond creature photos I took way back in January using my photographic aquarium. First up a nice damselfly larva. Im not 100% sure on the species but it would be either common or azure blue, or a blue tailed damselfly. I also got a number of lesser water boatman photos. I got…

Hydrobius fuscipes – a scavenger water beetle

Freshwater invertebrates, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 8, 2011Leave a comment

Just a couple of photos of this small scavenger water beetle, Hydrobius fuscipes, taken in the photographic aquarium.

Saucer bug – Ilyocoris cimicoides

Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, UncategorizedBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 5, 2011Leave a comment

A few months back I pond (well lake) dipped at a private nature reserve trying to get some dragonfly nymphs. I failed to find any, but did find some excellent saucer bugs, something I had only seen twice before. They are true bugs (Heteroptera), which also includes the water boatmen, pond skaters and water scorpions,…

Stratiomys soldierfly larva and brackish water prawn

Freshwater invertebrates, Uncategorized, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 4, 20114 Comments

Ive been catching up on some editing, especially on my pond photos. I got my best shots of a soldierfly larva, possibly Stratiomys sp. Not the prettiest of animals! Also in the same batch were these of the brackish water prawns.

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