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Seen on a stream in the woods nearby -
The Gerridae are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly known as water striders, water bugs, pond skaters, water skippers, or jesus bugs. Consistent with the classification of the Gerridae as true bugs (i.e., suborder Heteroptera), gerrids have mouthparts evolved for piercing and sucking, and distinguish themselves by having the unique ability to walk on water. Gerridae, or water striders, are anatomically built to transfer their weight to be able to run on top of the water's surface. As a result, one could likely find water striders present in any pond, river, or lake. Scientists have identified over 1,700 species of gerrids, 10% of them being marine.
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This male and two females were striding towards Fourteenth Borehole when we came across them in the Auob riverbed. Already at the waterhole, and resting in the shade, was this male's brother-in-arms.
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
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Robin Hood's Stride (also known as Mock Beggar's Mansion) is a rock formation on the Limestone Way in Derbyshire close to the village of Elton.
It consists of gritstone boulders deeply seamed by water flows. The two "pinnacles" are Weasel pinnacle (eastern end; Diff) and Inaccessible pinnacle (west; V Diff).
Walking along Striding Edge on the way to Hevellyn's summit.
I last walked this route, (but going down not up), 38 years ago...it seemed a lot easier then!
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There was a little pond on the pasture I was exploring last week & it was teeming with life. Including this new kind of bug for me. Water striders look cool as they skate across the water. Some other common names for them are Pond Skaters, Jesus Bugs, Water Skippers. Their wings are iridescent when the light hits just right. They are also like a swarm of piranhas when a bug falls into the water. More on that later, for now, enjoying the beauty of insect on the glass-like surface of the water.
Water Strider (Gerris sp.)
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These strange looking small black insects were in the fresh water stream going into the ocean water. I had never seen them before nor heard of them but in checking on Google they are quite common.
I had never seen this type of a BUG before, since I did not know there were such things that sit on top of the water and crawl or stride along.
Currie Street - Stop E1. This lady was very purposefully heading home. Silver Efex Pro: Kodak SO32 Panatomic X and green filter
STOP ! Keep Newlands Corner a FREE Car Parking zone
starting their Morning Walk .. Sunday .. 8th November 2015
from Newlands Corner - Guildford - Surrey
The fuller view of Phil beginning the traverse of the 'edge' with the summit of Helvellyn(3120ft) behind.
View of Striding Edge from the last acsent to the summit of Helvellyn, with Red Tarn to the left and Ullswater in the distance. It was great fun clambering along the ridge, the people at the bottom give a bit of scale to the landscape.
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Moira striding past shutters and cycles in Heidelberg Germany.
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Well this is Banjo and my 52 weeks dog for 2010.
Now for a little about Banjo.
He is a little live wire with lots of energy to burn being a cattle dog mix. What he's mixed with we have no idea, we think a bully breed like Bull Terrier because of his long face but then again he has really long legs.
He is extremely smart and a fast learner. We adopted him back in September when he was just 7 weeks. He's had food aggression issues which we've been working on for a while and he's improving with great strides.
So please welcome my baby Banjo to the 52 weeks group :)
It took me a few tries to get this picture and I think I lay in dog poo too but I'm happy with how it came out.
Explore January 5th. Thanks everyone!