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?