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15-07-2008, 01:05 PM
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15-07-2008, 01:17 PM
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Sorry bouncy, all I can see is pea soup..  |
15-07-2008, 01:22 PM
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lol
so can i
not the best picture in the world i know through the mass of BLANKET WEED and GOD KNOWS WHAT?? 
i was wondering if it was some sort of DRONE FLY larvae?
They are takin over my pond at the mo so maybe they are from another planet?
I'll have a drink maybe that will steady my arm to take another picture??  |
15-07-2008, 05:24 PM
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What sort of camera are you using? Look for a logo of a flower - this is the Macro, or close-up, button. It should focus a lot closer.
As far as the insect goes, I thought maybe Great diving beetle?
EDIT: OK, I've just read the description - mosquitoe larvae?
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15-07-2008, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Green  What sort of camera are you using? Look for a logo of a flower - this is the Macro, or close-up, button. It should focus a lot closer.
As far as the insect goes, I thought maybe Great diving beetle?
EDIT: OK, I've just read the description - mosquitoe larvae? | Now then Jason
This is the best i can do
A little clearer maybe?  |
15-07-2008, 07:11 PM
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Definately, a good pic. The last time I tried photographing something under the water surface - well, it wasn't as clear as yours!
Forget the GDB suggestion - I would say a nymph - mosquitoe maybe?
How many are there, and what size?
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15-07-2008, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Green Definately, a good pic. The last time I tried photographing something under the water surface - well, it wasn't as clear as yours!
Forget the GDB suggestion - I would say a nymph - mosquitoe maybe?
How many are there, and what size? | More by luck than judgement with the camera i think
I havn't had an SLR camera very long.
Its a Nikon D40 with a 55-300mm Sigma lens attached which i can only use on Macro with that camera so it means a lot of jiggery pokery but i'm pleased with some of the results i've been getting and still need to read the manual properly
There are quite a few of these in the pond
They have like a jelly like oval outer casing and the green yellow worm like creature in the middle wriggles around alot as if to help it move through the water must be about a cemtimetre long perhaps? |
15-07-2008, 08:13 PM
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I'd go for mosi too but difficult to make out. How big is it?
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15-07-2008, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by tufftie I'd go for mosi too but difficult to make out. How big is it? |
I've loads of Mozzie Tufftie
With the little breathing tubes along the surface but this is quite different unless it the next phase of mozzie?? |
15-07-2008, 08:22 PM
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Quote: | Jelly-like oval casing... | Ah, is it trying to maybe discard an egg casing perhaps!?
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15-07-2008, 08:25 PM
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can you describe it a bit more? Have to go quite soon but will try to id tomoz for you - what size..roughly?
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15-07-2008, 08:27 PM
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Could be a rat tail maggot. |
15-07-2008, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by tufftie can you describe it a bit more? Have to go quite soon but will try to id tomoz for you - what size..roughly? | I can't relly describe it any more then i have at the start of the thread
might google images in a minute as at a loss
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15-07-2008, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Kayleigh Could be a rat tail maggot. | Mmmm i had wondered bout that Bud
but don't they have a long breathing tube?
These don't have any at all? |
15-07-2008, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Bouncytigger I've loads of Mozzie Tufftie
With the little breathing tubes along the surface but this is quite different unless it the next phase of mozzie?? | You mentioned breathing tube...Now I'm confused..lol
Sorry miss read the thread. |
15-07-2008, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Kayleigh You mentioned breathing tube...Now I'm confused..lol
Sorry miss read the thread. | lol
Well i'm sure its somthing in the larvae stage but just what I've no idea
I'm tempted to fish one out the pond to get a better pic? |
15-07-2008, 08:52 PM
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Can you maybe look at some google photos and try that way rather than fish one out? If I get my Id books out now - things will come crashing down (all rather precarious here at mo - with no shelving yet!!) and i'll wake somebody up!
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15-07-2008, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by tufftie Can you maybe look at some google photos and try that way rather than fish one out? If I get my Id books out now - things will come crashing down (all rather precarious here at mo - with no shelving yet!!) and i'll wake somebody up! |
ooh eck
Don't do that tuftie
No i didn't fish one out as i thought better of it
But
I've just found an image on google but i'm not allowed to post links am i??
Think you and jason are right 
It could be be some species of midge larvae |
15-07-2008, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Bouncytigger ooh eck
Don't do that tuftie
No i didn't fish one out as i thought better of it
But
I've just found an image on google but i'm not allowed to post links am i??
Think you and jason are right
It could be be some species of midge larvae | no wouldn't do that..quite tempting though!! Not sure if you can post the link or not? midges sound about right
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15-07-2008, 09:08 PM
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hmm. this looks like a rat tailed maggot - bear in mind their breathing tubes can extend / retract... There is something called Phantom midge lava which mainly hang round at the bottom of a pond and look like a horrizontal wiggling mosquito lava.
I am still going with rat tailed maggot |
15-07-2008, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by tufftie no wouldn't do that..quite tempting though!! Not sure if you can post the link or not? midges sound about right | yes i was reading that some lay JELLY LIKE EGGS rather than the EGG RAFTS on the surface
so maybe these are what they are |
15-07-2008, 09:09 PM
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Damselfly nymph?
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15-07-2008, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by tufftie no wouldn't do that..quite tempting though!! Not sure if you can post the link or not? midges sound about right | I think links are ok. But not links to photos. |
15-07-2008, 09:17 PM
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< Yes, just links to pages CONTAINING the photo, maybe giving reference to where the pic is if the page is long...
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15-07-2008, 09:32 PM
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ok then Buddy Bears
If i get FROZEN is all your faults ok?! lol Biodiversity Invs
about half way down the green egg larvae is the nearest i can find | |
