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Minibeast ID, please?

ShepherdsBarnShepherdsBarn Posts: 401
in Wildlife gardening
I found this on a leaf at the edge of the pond today. Any thoughts on identity, please?

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Difficult to tell, if it’s a big beast it could be an Elephant hawk moth,  but I’m not good at identifying chrysalis.  
    @wild edges is expert on this. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • ShepherdsBarnShepherdsBarn Posts: 401
    Thanks, @Lyn, I should have added ... it measures approximately 2cms. 🙂
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Small one then,  probably with our luck it’s a cabbage white 😀
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • ShepherdsBarnShepherdsBarn Posts: 401
    It looks like it is almost ready to emerge ... I have put it back on the leaf and am hoping it doesn't get eaten before it has a chance to fly off. I don't think it is a cabbage white but it looks very interesting, whatever it is. 
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I've no idea so I fed it into the iNaturalist AI system and got this https://uk.inaturalist.org/taxa/56558-Notonecta-maculata
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Well done!  That’s why it’s near the pond.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • ShepherdsBarnShepherdsBarn Posts: 401
    That's fascinating ... thank you @wild edges - we have hundreds, if not thousands of those in the pond; I didn't make the connection!
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