Went out a few days ago to catch a ladybird to look at through the LCD microscope. Needless to say, search as I might, there wasn't one to be found. Dozens around the previous day but someone must have warned them to stay out of sight.
I did happen to notice a few wriggly things in the pool of water at the top of the old pond waterfall so I nipped indoors and grabbed a plastic pipette to suck up a couple.
Size is about 10mm long.
I thought they would probably be mosquito larvae but they would have a number of hairs behind the head. Further research showed these seem to match the next stage in their life cycle - mosquito pupa.
The second part of the video is at half speed.
I enjoy looking at tiny creatures. I wonder what they are doing.....Probably trying to work out what has happened.
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