Posts tagged with "pond"
Friday, June 24, 2011 7:40:40 PM
smooth, photography, creatures, newt
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Just a quick doeuble photo post from my recent pond photos with a new tank. 2 of my best so far I think!
First up a smooth newt tadpole.

(Spent 10mins using heal tool on some qhite specks on th glass which appeared after I 'cleaned' it - doh!)
Also this hawker dragonfly nymph.

(minimal heal tool on this one)
Monday, May 23, 2011 10:21:43 PM
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Another quick pond creature post, a
Hydrobius fuscipes scavenger water beetle.
Sunday, May 1, 2011 12:31:48 PM
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Another pond photo from Friday, a great silver water beetle.

Haven't had a chance to clean it up (the tank or the photo!) so it is a bit mucky.
Saturday, April 30, 2011 10:22:32 AM
larva, wat, pitsea, creatures
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Another photo from yesterday, A close up of a mayfly nymph.
Friday, April 29, 2011 9:19:21 PM
larva, wat, pitsea, creatures
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Today I left the house at 6.30am and didn't get to my destination in Kent till 6pm. No TV or radio or internet. Apparently I missed a wedding or something...

Anyway one of the stops was Wat Tyler Country Park and had a go at some more pond photography. One nice find was this darter dragonfly nymph.
Friday, April 22, 2011 8:34:55 AM
larva, aquatica, creatures, water
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Yesterday morning I spent ages looking for water scoripons in a pond in which I had seen loads a few evening before. I found none, but what I did find was pretty neat: a male and female water spider. Here is the female clinging to a piece of pond weed under water.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 10:07:40 PM
larva, wat, creatures, dragonfly
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When photographing the brown hawker nymph in th last post I went for some close ups.

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 9:38:39 PM
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Heres a photo of a brown hawker in its larval stage. In a few months it will emerge as an adult.
Saturday, April 2, 2011 5:06:02 PM
larva, wat, pitsea, creatures
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In the last week I have been up to my usual tricks with pond creatures. One creature I enjoy photographing is the diving beetle larva.

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Sunday, March 20, 2011 4:37:18 PM
larva, creatures, variegatus, norsey
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Last weekend I tried pond dipping the woodlan pools in Norsey Wood. The best find was probably this caddisfly larva.
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