Pond life

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  September 2021

  Can't see it that clearly, (I know it's difficult to get a picture in a pond) ... I think it's a pond beetle larvae 
  
  https://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/pond-clinic/identifying-creatures-pond/water-beetles/
  

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

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• bertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697

  September 2021

  Dragon fly larvae?
  

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• valerieroberts Posts: 726

  September 2021

  This is the creature magnified, it’s about 1/2 a inch long.
  many thanks to you both. Valerie 

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• philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742

  September 2021

  Looks more Beetle than Dragon/Damsel fly larvae.  It will be happy in there til next year at any rate

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• valerieroberts Posts: 726

  September 2021

  Thank you. I shall look out of anything coming out next spring. Valerie 

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