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06-06-2010, 11:03 AM
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| | | What is this?
Was out at the local scrape yesterday to see what was around and noticed these 2. I assumed they were dragonfly nymphs at some stage but unsure? 
Larger: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/...f7c93c85_b.jpg
They were both eating a froglet (if that's the correct term?) which you can just make out.
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06-06-2010, 11:16 AM
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| | | Re: What is this?
I think they are probably more likely to be damselfly nymphs but not sure which species sorry.
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06-06-2010, 11:59 AM
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| | | Re: What is this?
These are diving beetle larvae and look like Dytiscus sp. (Great diving beetle).
They are obviously laying claim to the same snack. Hopefully they will both come away ok as they are veracious predictors! |
06-06-2010, 11:59 AM
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Superb picture btw! |
06-06-2010, 12:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ollyk  These are diving beetle larvae and look like Dytiscus sp. (Great diving beetle).
They are obviously laying claim to the same snack. Hopefully they will both come away ok as they are veracious predictors! | Thanks for that! Any idea when I could expect to see them in adult form? Will read a bit more about them now 
@ Nicola, cheers. They seemed a bit too thick for a damselfly though and with there being quite a few broad-bodied chasers in that area I just assumed it was a dragonfly larvae, but ollyk has cleared this one up now |
06-06-2010, 01:39 PM
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Not sure tbh. I would think no more than a year or two for development. What I do know is they pupate within soil at the pond margins so make sure there is a place they could easily burrow into soil and try not to disturb unnecessarily. | | |
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