After two years of doing very little the water soldier
Stratiotes aloides populations in the ponds have exploded.

They're proving very popular with lots of the species that frequent the ponds:

common frog

the hoverfly
Helophilus pendulus
larva of the broad-bodied chaser dragonfly

large red damselflies in tandem
2 comments:
Smashing post, green too! No driving miles for your material.
I love the contrasting colour of the Water Soldiers.
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