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14-04-2007, 07:25 PM
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| | | Re: Pond skaters
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton  Have to say though that they are not as impressive as the water stick insect, I found lots of those last year in your neck of the woods - most easily seen by looking for them at night with a torch. | You lucky thing!!! I dream of finding a water stick insect but I doubt they are found as north as Manchester... Aparently they can be found flying into porch lights quite a lot on warm evenings 
I did find some water measurers in a custoemrs garden pond a couple of years ago though. First time I had ever seen them myself! |
14-04-2007, 07:31 PM
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| | | Re: Pond skaters
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Originally Posted by ollyk You lucky thing!!! I dream of finding a water stick insect but I doubt they are found as north as Manchester... Aparently they can be found flying into porch lights quite a lot on warm evenings
I did find some water measurers in a custoemrs garden pond a couple of years ago though. First time I had ever seen them myself! | Water Stick-Insects are on my list of things to photograph this summer, I found quite a few in a pond on Hartland Moor 2 years ago, but I didn't have my camera with me! Does anyone know when they start appearing in the ponds?
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17-04-2007, 12:30 AM
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| | | Re: Pond skaters
First to add to teh answer can pond skaters fly - there are some wingless forms (as in idividuals within a species), although ive never seen one, and I'd assume they can't fly! But, as others have said, most can fly.
Secondly while talking about surface dwelling bugs, noone mentioned water crickets, which I had never seen before until recently, with the local stream now full of them. heres a piccy:  |
17-04-2007, 04:57 PM
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| | | Re: Pond skaters
Lovely shots.
Not quite in the same league of macro photography, but I caught these two pond skaters having a cuddle last week on the Rio Sella in Northern Spain.  |
17-04-2007, 08:56 PM
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| | | Re: Pond skaters
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Originally Posted by RobN Lovely shots.
Not quite in the same league of macro photography, but I caught these two pond skaters having a cuddle last week on the Rio Sella in Northern Spain. | Thats a lovely shot - I tried to get a decent pic of one further away but it didnt come out very well, so another day maybe.
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