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Early Halloween spooks, a relatively simple moc with (mostly) well lit photos!
Able to engulf a minifigure whole!
Subfamily: Gerrinae
Family: Gerridae
Order: Hemiptera
This member of the water strider subfamily Gerrinae was sharing a small pond with another strider species Tenagogerris euphrosyne. The two species were coexisting but with an occasional skirmish over space.
The striders are hemipterans or "true-bugs" - insects that feed by piercing and sucking food through the proboscis.
The striders walk on water, thanks to hydrophobic hairs on the legs. The hairs extend across the whole body too, making the insect able to repel splashes of water. They are successful in their niche and the strider family, the Gerridae, are widespread with some 1700 species described, 10% of which are marine.
The Gerridae are polymorphic in that they can have wings in one generation, when there might be a need to relocate to a new water body, however the next generation may not have wings, if the current environment is stable.
The Gerridae possess scent glands in the thorax that deter fish from eating them.
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Lovely evening hiking Helvellyn via Striding edge and back down Swirral edge. It was absolutely still not even a whisper of a breeze. Unfortunately the mighty midge was out in force so I didn't hang around up top for long.
Currie Street - Stop E1. This lady was very purposefully heading home. Silver Efex Pro: Kodak SO32 Panatomic X and green filter
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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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.
- wikipedia.org
Piero Pretti (tenor) sings Manrico and Agnieszka Rehlis (mezzosoprano) sings Azucena in the opera "Il trovatore" (G. Verdi, 1853). Teatro de la Maestranza, Sevilla.
Limnoporus notabilis is a fairly common water strider in the Western United States and into Canada. We can see how it spreads its skinny legs out to support itself atop the pond surface.
Photographers notes: a circular polarizer was used to reduce the reflection from the water. We can see into the pond this way... somewhat ;-)
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Moira striding past shutters and cycles in Heidelberg Germany.
Copyright Terry Eve Photography 2017.
A new location found for some night photography.
Camera was on a bench, waited until a couple walked into shot before pressing shutter. I like that one foot shows movement and the other is perfectly still,
Paddington, London - UK
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.
4 images stitched in Microsoft ICE.
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Here is my WIP Dave Strider doll, made from a Deuce head that was damaged horribly when I tried to remove his snake hair, so I sculpted it.
I based his eye shape from the flash Cascade and gave him white hair, cuz I really like the strangeness of the colour. He also got freckles cuz he’s a cutie and need to make him clothes and get glasses for him.