| leaf-wrapped larvae in pond
Yesterday I spotted several creatures in my little garden pond wrapped in sections of water lily leaf, some with fragments of other vegetation poking out, looking like tiny cigars. Some of the creatures emerged partially, to reveal a slender body and relatively large eyes. Today I saw a round segment of water lily leaf and some fragments of pond weed on a semi-submerged lily leaf, moving slightly as though there was creature underneath the leaf matter wrapping itself. The lily has small leaves and several of them have had sections neatly sliced out, presumably by these creatures. Could these be damselfly larvae? This summer I have seen deep red damselflies, including one pair depositing eggs on a plant, and also a pair of greenish blue ones. |