In reply to HAZY:
Norty weevils Nige! Lol
My Niece found this beastie today in my garden when we playing at changing pond water but not sure if it was in the undergrowth or thrown out accidentally
Showing off diving skills
Escaped from pot
Popped it in with tadpoles & pond snails for now!
Talking of tadpoles ... had a grass plant dripping with algae so popped it in their pond for a clean-up ...
Making a good job of it, will likely be picked clean by morning
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In reply to WendyBartter:
I thought this was an ant crawling on me
But was a teeny weeny Spider ...
Always wanted to find a diving beetle but never have.
WendyBartter said:Put it in with tadpoles & water snails to keep a check on it!
I suppose one or two tadpoles might be missing in the morning!
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In reply to Nigel O:
Nigel O said:I suppose one or two tadpoles might be missing in the morning!
No bad thing Nige, far too many for that tiny pond & the bigger ones have become carniverous & feeding off the population explosion of pond snails ... presume it will all balance out & may end up with a frog or two if lucky!
WendyBartter said: Hopefully the newly emerging Bee Bumbles will stand more chance of survival now the weather is more clement ... certainly no shortage of these & Lesser Celandine in my garden to feed them (Please visit the site to view this video) Bit of an explosion in pond Snail numbers but first time I have ever seen their eggs
Hopefully the newly emerging Bee Bumbles will stand more chance of survival now the weather is more clement ... certainly no shortage of these & Lesser Celandine in my garden to feed them
(Please visit the site to view this video)
Bit of an explosion in pond Snail numbers but first time I have ever seen their eggs
Brilliant phot of the snail carrying the eggs.
Mike
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In reply to Mike B:
Thursday, the sky was unblemished blue, the sun was out, and so was the cherry blossom, along with a few horntails....
Or at least I think they're horntails, most likely male due to the deep ruddishness of the body,
Thanks Mike, my scruffy little wildlife pond is becoming really fascinating this year!
Horntail is new to me, must keep an eye out for them here!
Michael B said:along with a few horntails....
Haven't seen one of those before. I believe it's also called Giant Wood Wasp although it's a type of saw fly - I had to look it up. LOL
Mike, forgive me but have you thought of relocating your copyright notice so that it doesn't obscure the subject?
Dark-edged Bee-fly dipping its long proboscis into the flower of a Lesser Celandine
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In reply to TeeJay:
Good to see your Bee-fly TJ, had one here yesterday for ages hovering over not quite open Bluebells but it wouldn't land even though I have acres of Lesser Celandine flowers, every time I got it in focus it darted off! Grrrrr