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Help identifying mystery Pupa

madmaffmadmaff Posts: 2
in Wildlife gardening
Found two of these hooked onto the foam inside pond filter, they have three barbs but one (to the left of photo) came off when I picked it up to photograph!

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Three ‘barbs’ makes me think of damselfly nymph. Have a google and see if there’s any images that match. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • madmaffmadmaff Posts: 2
    Damselflies are hemimetabolous insects that have no pupal stage in their development. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    That’s why I said nymph... I wondered if it could be nymph that’s got caught in the filter and died there and started to break up ... but it’s very hard to see any detail on that photo  :/

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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