andybadger
Sphaeridia pumilis
So, I found this on my pond the other day and thought it looked quite cool. I found a whole stack more today in the moss near the pond but couldn't get any decent photos. I can say though that they're about a third of the size of S. aureus that was there too and they have a red eye patch and I know nothing else.
Edit. There seems to be a whole range of colours across S. pumilis I've been watching, from this yellowy pink to full on orangey red with distinct markings. All have the strongly red eye patch and a kind of see-through shiny glow under a lens.
Here's link to my other photos of S. pumilis. www.flickr.com/photos/89396233@N00/7179700929/
Sphaeridia pumilis
So, I found this on my pond the other day and thought it looked quite cool. I found a whole stack more today in the moss near the pond but couldn't get any decent photos. I can say though that they're about a third of the size of S. aureus that was there too and they have a red eye patch and I know nothing else.
Edit. There seems to be a whole range of colours across S. pumilis I've been watching, from this yellowy pink to full on orangey red with distinct markings. All have the strongly red eye patch and a kind of see-through shiny glow under a lens.
Here's link to my other photos of S. pumilis. www.flickr.com/photos/89396233@N00/7179700929/