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06-06-2008, 10:41 PM
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| | | Great Diving Beetle .... the larvae
This is the larvae of the Great Diving Beetle (or so I am told)
This little creature is reputed to be even more ferocious than the adult beetle  |
06-06-2008, 10:47 PM
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| | | Re: Great Diving Beetle .... the larvae
That photo takes me back to when I was a kid and we went pond dipping.I caught one of these and made the fatal mistake of placing it in my jamjar which had 2 sticklebacks in(we always released the creatures we found when we had had a look at them through the glass!)Alas 10 minutes later when I looked at my finds chunks had been taken out of both sticklebacks........ |
06-06-2008, 10:55 PM
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| | | Re: Great Diving Beetle .... the larvae
Yep, looks like. Here's a webpage I linked into a forum about these back in may. Great Diving Beetle
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06-06-2008, 10:59 PM
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| | | Re: Great Diving Beetle .... the larvae
Nice pic, haven't seen one of these for years! |
07-06-2008, 10:56 AM
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| | | Re: Great Diving Beetle .... the larvae
well, I have quite a large pond which has many of these creatures, the beetle itself, tadpoles, newts, frogs etc etc. As it is intended as a wild life pond everything is welcomed, ferocious or not. Nature being what it is.
I had a duck and three little ducklings this year. I wonder do they eat these things? Does anybody know what is the beetles greatest threat? |
12-06-2008, 11:11 PM
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| | | Re: Great Diving Beetle .... the larvae
Quote:
Originally Posted by whis4ey  well, I have quite a large pond which has many of these creatures, the beetle itself, tadpoles, newts, frogs etc etc. As it is intended as a wild life pond everything is welcomed, ferocious or not. Nature being what it is.
I had a duck and three little ducklings this year. I wonder do they eat these things? Does anybody know what is the beetles greatest threat? | larger Fish, birds like grebes and of course other great diving beetles! | | |
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