Bit me on the dock and managed to stamp it dead. Monstrous deer fly?
Nest discovered June 15. Chick was seen on June 28th but there appeared to be a second egg. Nest empty June 30th. Both parents seen diving nearby. No sign of chicks.
If you run the two last pics in a sequence, you can see what seems to be the breathing movement
Swimming back and forth in culvert from outflow of Loon Lake.
I don’t have one hot solitary clue as to what this is. @Ian_gardiner @shawnb2 could either of you perhaps shed some light on the ID and point me in the right direction?
Collected free swimming in Spectacle Lake, depth < 1 meter, temperature 2.6 C. Collected and have available for further diagnostics. Video of live movement taken under microscope, will work to convert to GIF and upload.
Seen with @stephbrulot
Big fully aquatic mites, free swimming and clambering on aquatic vegetation
A water sample was taken from the shore of Srednerogatsky Pond. The air temperature was 14°C (57.2 °F). The sample was stored at room temperature and observed 6 days after collection.
Video: https://youtu.be/CxDTah3Qxnc
ONly one opf the damsels i photographed had mites and there are very many on the underside of the tail of this individual, do they reproduce ON the odonate??? or is each a colonizer based on where this odonate landed?
Either captured at the Santa Fe River with Ray Fisher or at the pond near the UF Entomology and Nematology building. Small specimen is a male.