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The Common Water Strider is water bug that looks a lot like a big mosquito walking on the surface of the water.
Its body can grow just over 1/2 inch long and is dark brown or black. Like all insects, it has six legs. The front pair of legs is short, and the middle and back legs are very long.
Water striders live on the surface of ponds, slow streams, marshes, and other quiet waters.
Common Water Striders eat living and dead insects on the surface of the water. Some are aquatic (water) insects, such as mosquito larvae coming up from the bottom, and others are terrestrial (land) insects, such as butterflies or beetles that accidentally land on the surface.
Injured dragonflies are a favorite food, as are worms that fall in the water. Water striders have a sharp mouthpart, called a rostrum, to suck up body juices from prey.
I think this shot probably does it better justice in terms of the feeling of exposure than the ones taken from the ridge itself. Whilst by no-means vertical drops on either side its pretty steep and a tumble from one of the more exposed sections would not end well. But that's what made it such a glorious experience, and easy to see why its regarded as one of Lakeland's classic walks.
You can't always choose your lighting when a bighorn jumps up on your lunch rock, so I went with the shadow and backlighting.
Early Halloween spooks, a relatively simple moc with (mostly) well lit photos!
Able to engulf a minifigure whole!
This is my 5 year old daughter on her strider bmx bike. She races at seatac bmx, just outside of Seattle WA. Addie has a prosthetic leg but it doesn't stop her from racing or riding her skateboard, cool huh? She's riding her 2 wheeler and will graduate to a larger racing bike later in the season.
Close to the summit. Back in 2002. The mists just covered the top of this particular fell so that day I had my bait up in the clouds - what a day! On coming down the 'edge' only a few meters or so, we emerged from the clouds above us - and the views were fantastic. I will be climbing Helvellyn again next year and hopefully getting some new pics with the digital camera - this was taken with 35mm film.
- and yes those are remnant hair strands blowing off of an apparently freshly-styled barnet and a half highlighted as he strides purposefully into a spring headwind, oblivious to how great he looks sideways.
Perhaps his sister? should have said something.
( Did he offend his rug editor perchance ? - ed )
Welwyn GC, Herts.
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" "Barnet " is a British slang term, referring to "hair" - it derives from the phrase "Barnet Fair" which is old time London rhyming slang for "hair," originating from the famous annual horse fair held in Barnet, Hertfordshire "
Catstye Cam, Red Tarn, Striding Edge and Nethermost Cove photographed from the buttress which joins Striding Edge to Helvellyn.
Water striders consume their prey by piercing the prey's body with their beak and sucking out the haemolymph (the equivalent to blood found in many invertebrates).
Video by Chris Boccia
This is alive and on water. Most striders run away but some seem to rely on staying very still to avoid detection, even when there's a massive great camera and flash right in their face.
This is a picture of Common Water Strider At South River Farms Park in Edgewater, Maryland.
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South River Quad
Male water striders often "mate guard" by holding on to females for prolonged periods of time. Females, on the other hand, often try to prevent this because having a male attached makes them more vulnerable to predators.
Video by Chris Boccia
Water striders generally feed on arthropods (such as this insect) that fall on to the water's surface and get stranded. They frequently feed on mosquito larvae.
Video by Chris Boccia