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23-06-2009, 01:27 PM
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| | | Fishpond Dwellers
Hi
Sitting watching the life in our fishpond this morning I saw a few things which surprised and excited me lol...The pics are not very good as the camera was handheld and the critters are underwater. Can anyone identify these for me please?
Is this the nymph of a broadbodied chaser or the like? 
We were surprised to see that we have baby fish in the pond, considering the heron has eaten all the bigger ones! Is this a baby goldfish or a tench or carp (we used to have tench or carp but cannot remember which!) 
We were aware that we have newts in the pond but usually never see them. Is this a common newt? 
Is this a water boatman? I usually call it an upside down swimmer lol 
All suggestions gratefully received. Does anyone know what is likely to eat the fishes, if anything?
Many thanks
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23-06-2009, 03:45 PM
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| | | Re: Fishpond Dwellers
The first is definitely a Chaser nymph, but I think you may have to look at the shape of the head from the front to ID them to species level - may be wrong there though.
The Water Boatmen is possibly a Corixia sp.
Sorry, I don't know anything about newts! (quite a shockingly bad gap in my knowledge there me thinks!  ). |
23-06-2009, 04:00 PM
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Is this a common newt?
Yes, looks like a Common/Smooth Newt (female probably). Is this a water boatman? I usually call it an upside down swimmer lol
I have the same/something similar in my pond which I call a Backswimmer, on account of it swimming on its back ( Notonecta sp.): 
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23-06-2009, 08:28 PM
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Thank you Jenny and Hedgewitch...It's always nice to be able to name a photo...I am trying to learn (at my age lol) the names of everything in the and around the garden. lol
Thanks again.
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28-06-2009, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by christina  ...It's always nice to be able to name a photo...I am trying to learn (at my age lol) the names of everything in the and around the garden. lol
Thanks again.
Christina | Sounds like a good goal to me christina, I've been cramming natural history facts and knowledge since i was 12/13, it'll never stop 
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28-06-2009, 10:28 PM
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Hi,
It's a backswimmer, waterboatmen swim/skate around on the surface.
Max.
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28-06-2009, 11:25 PM
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this is what i found in mine today..baby newt eft..  |
29-06-2009, 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Kayleigh this is what i found in mine today..baby newt eft.. | Just a little bit of useless information. In Old English a newt was known as an ewt. It wasn`t until late Middle English that it became known as a newt, the word eft derives from ewt...Bob
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Originally Posted by bobbarber Just a little bit of useless information. In Old English a newt was known as an ewt. It wasn`t until late Middle English that it became known as a newt, the word eft derives from ewt...Bob | cheers Bob. | | |
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