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silvawispa
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p.1 #1 · Aquatic bug ID please.


Any ideas? red and about 4-6mm long.

Found in a british garden pond. Photographed with a 70-200 on bellows whilst in a glass of water. flash balanced on top.

First real macro experience. Not much going for it as a photo, compositionally, but a good excercise, and definitely ok to get an ID from. Fun.

Green stuff is duckweed, and little bugs are what I know as water fleas(daphnia)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/3684770584_76a248ee9e_o.jpg



Jul 03, 2009 at 10:25 AM
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p.1 #2 · Aquatic bug ID please.


Nice find. I think it's a chironomid (non biting midge) pupa--you can see the wing cases at the bottom of the photo, but on the side pointing towards the surface if you see what I mean), the white stuff is the 'gills'. The larvae are usually called 'bloodworms'.

Conor




Jul 03, 2009 at 11:34 AM
silvawispa
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p.1 #3 · Aquatic bug ID please.


Cheers, I know bloodworms well, i feed them to my fish regularly!

I didn't recognise the pupal stage though. thanks for the info.



Jul 03, 2009 at 11:53 AM
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p.1 #4 · Aquatic bug ID please.


The red colour is haemoglobin, which helps the blood to absorb oxygen in their somewhat anaerobic environment.


Jul 06, 2009 at 10:02 AM





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