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New Pond Bugs ID
februarysgirl
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So, last Tuesday I finished a half barrel pond and was dead chuffed to see a diving beetle a few hours later. Not long after, the mosquito larvae showed up (unfortunately) as did more beetles. The last few days I noticed other beasties with antennae darting about the pond but I have no idea what they are, whether they are larvae or adults.
There are also some very thin squiggly things that propel themselves by moving in what looks to be a figure 8, very quickly. Unfortunately it hasn't been possible to get a photo of them. It also wasn't possible to get a photo of the worm I saw at the bottom of the pond this morning as it was headed toward the underneath of a brick and I couldn't get my phone out quickly enough. It looked just like a normal worm, should it be there? It's possible it was inadvertently dropped by a bird flying overhead and needs rescuing. I'm not sure what to do.
In good news though there was a red dragonfly/damselfly checking out the pond a couple of days ago. Unfortunately my phone was indoors so I couldn't take a photo but it didn't stay still long enough anyway.
Any ideas what the latest bugs in my pond could be?
There are also some very thin squiggly things that propel themselves by moving in what looks to be a figure 8, very quickly. Unfortunately it hasn't been possible to get a photo of them. It also wasn't possible to get a photo of the worm I saw at the bottom of the pond this morning as it was headed toward the underneath of a brick and I couldn't get my phone out quickly enough. It looked just like a normal worm, should it be there? It's possible it was inadvertently dropped by a bird flying overhead and needs rescuing. I'm not sure what to do.
In good news though there was a red dragonfly/damselfly checking out the pond a couple of days ago. Unfortunately my phone was indoors so I couldn't take a photo but it didn't stay still long enough anyway.
Any ideas what the latest bugs in my pond could be?
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