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10-04-2007, 01:37 PM
|  | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Kent
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| | | Water Bugs Competition
Hello. That got you looking! Ok. The first one who gets pictures of
1- A water measurer
2-A water stick insect
3-Saucer bug
4-Common backswimmer
in the Gallery gets a Cornetto on me! 
Had a look in the Gallery but can't find any of the above.
So come on pond dippers...get dipping and give these smashing little beasties a look in on WAB. 
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10-04-2007, 01:52 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Near Peterborough
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| | | Re: Water Bugs Competition
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wild-Woman  Hello. That got you looking! Ok. The first one who gets pictures of
1- A water measurer
2-A water stick insect
3-Saucer bug
4-Common backswimmer
in the Gallery gets a Cornetto on me!
Had a look in the Gallery but can't find any of the above.
So come on pond dippers...get dipping and give these smashing little beasties a look in on WAB. | really? I put a pic of a water stick insect up last year.... wonder where that's gone?! I'll go have a look..... 
well it's vanished!!! but no worries I have it on my computer at home I'll re-submit it later |
10-04-2007, 03:22 PM
| | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Isle of Wight
Posts: 539
| | | Re: Water Bugs Competition
Can anyone recommend a good website for identifying all things aquatic? I've only owned my wildlife ponds for a few months and beyond pond-skater, water-boatman, toads, frogs, newts, and their relative spawn and offspring, I'm a bit iggerant at the mo. I have worked out the dragonfly larvae and thanks to a posting yesterday now know a caddis fly larvae when I meet one... |
10-04-2007, 03:42 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Letchworth Garden City
Posts: 1,366
| | | Re: Water Bugs Competition
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton really? I put a pic of a water stick insect up last year.... wonder where that's gone?! I'll go have a look.....
well it's vanished!!! but no worries I have it on my computer at home I'll re-submit it later | Oh no you don't - that's cheating! If there is a cornetto in it you can jolly well find another stick insect to photograph. Off you go now with your torch |
16-04-2007, 06:55 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Cheshire UK
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| | | Re: Water Bugs Competition
This is from my unknowns on the to id bit. Its a Notonecta and probably N.glauca 
Is that enough for a lolly I wonder 
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16-04-2007, 07:22 PM
| | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Kent
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Definitely worth a 99 with chocolate sprinkles! That's a great shot. Now, how to get it to you without it melting.
More please.
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16-04-2007, 07:30 PM
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| | | Re: Water Bugs Competition
Does anyone know if these bugs are active yet or do I have to wait for a bit?
I know a pond where I can find atleast 3 of those, whether I can get a decent photo or not is another question!
Guy |
16-04-2007, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by GuyF Does anyone know if these bugs are active yet or do I have to wait for a bit?
I know a pond where I can find atleast 3 of those, whether I can get a decent photo or not is another question!
Guy | Everything is getting more active now. I was ditch-dipping last week and we had some lovely finds. I couldn't get pics though as I was preventing the kids from getting too excited and falling in!
It's another world in the water. 
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16-04-2007, 08:33 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NE Scotland
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| | | Re: Water Bugs Competition
I have been pond dipping every day since you posted this and keep catching water measurers and backswimmers.
And do I ever remember the camera  
Guess I'll buy my own Cornetto |
03-05-2007, 07:15 PM
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| | | Re: Water Bugs Competition
ta daaaaaa 
apologies for the quality, I was hanging over a wire fence partially sat on a muddy bank with my colleague holding onto my coat.....
could've all gone horribly horribly wrong at any point!!!
err and this is the water stick insect (a pair) from last year (no cornetto expected!!)  | | | |
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