This morning I popped out for a walk round the garden during a break in the rain and couldn't resist dipping the ponds to see what I could find. As usual there were lots of newtpoles and hundreds of water slaters. I also found this adult newt, which looks like it might be pregnant:
These are damselfly larvae at different stages of development (though they could well also be different species):
If anyone can tell me what this little creature is I'd be most pleased. Unfortunately I didn't measure it, but it was probably around 5mm long:
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Always amazes me how anything can survive in frozen ponds through the winter. A good job it does though.
Just because I do not leave comments it does not mean that I do not read and enjoy your blog, Helen. Keep it up.
It looks like a Caddis Fly larva without a case - one of the free-swimming ones (about a quarter of our 200 Caddis fly larvae}; something along the lines of Rhyacophila dorsalis
Thanks John. There should be a lot more posts coming soon now that spring is on its way.
Dad: a caddis fly larva after all (glad I didn't blog that stick)!
oops - Ah well - nearly a Caddis Fly!
Glad you are going to post from the pond, saves me ploughing through the book.
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