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30-05-2011, 10:27 AM
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| | | Great silver water beetles hatching
I showed a few folks this at Priory, so thought I'd put it on here:
Last week 2 great silver water beetle egg cocoons were found in a pond and one wouldn't float properly so didn't get put back. I went back to see what I could do to fix it and it had started to hatch! Neil - Hatching great silver water beetle video |
05-06-2011, 11:52 AM
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| | | Re: Great silver water beetles hatching
Nice video, and interesting to see how active the larvae are. |
05-07-2011, 03:02 PM
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| | | Re: Great silver water beetles hatching
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Originally Posted by Ukwildlifeo  I showed a few folks this at Priory, so thought I'd put it on here:
Last week 2 great silver water beetle egg cocoons were found in a pond and one wouldn't float properly so didn't get put back. I went back to see what I could do to fix it and it had started to hatch! Neil - Hatching great silver water beetle video | Just wondering are you trying to help the great diving beetle by breeding them and putting them back in the wild ? if you are good job  ) |
05-07-2011, 08:54 PM
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| | | Re: Great silver water beetles hatching
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Originally Posted by N0z Just wondering are you trying to help the great diving beetle by breeding them and putting them back in the wild ? if you are good job ) | The ones in the video are Great silver water beetle which are a different family to Diving beetles. Great silver water beetles are not amazingly rare but have declined a lot and can only be found in certain areas now.
I'm not rearing any in captivity but I've been careful not to remove any weed completely from the pond they are in so not to kill any eggs/larvae. Sadly 'Ive not found any while dipping the pond since releasing them, but it a big deep pond so hopefully they are in their somewhere! |
06-07-2011, 12:31 PM
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| | | Re: Great silver water beetles hatching
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Originally Posted by Ukwildlifeo The ones in the video are Great silver water beetle which are a different family to Diving beetles. Great silver water beetles are not amazingly rare but have declined a lot and can only be found in certain areas now.
I'm not rearing any in captivity but I've been careful not to remove any weed completely from the pond they are in so not to kill any eggs/larvae. Sadly 'Ive not found any while dipping the pond since releasing them, but it a big deep pond so hopefully they are in their somewhere! | ahh i see and hopefully | | |
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