What is this bug??

[Chrome!Hat]

Hi,

A couple of days ago I spotted a bug in my pond that is about the size and
shape of a fair sized dragonfly (minus the wings). Supposedly this is not a
dragonfly nymph as I am told these look nothing like the adults. I first
spotted it latched onto one of my goldfish. The fish did a few acrobatic
jumps and shook it off. All fish are accounted for and seem fine. This bug
has come up to the surface then gone down again a couple of times. I was
told it could be a damselfly nymph, but the damselflies around here are much
smaller than this critter.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Rick

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

Sounds like a Dragonfly nympth to me. Do a google search for such and
compare to your critter. ~ jan

>On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:19:50 -0400, "Chrome!Hat" <Rg @ storm one.dot ca> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>A couple of days ago I spotted a bug in my pond that is about the size and
>shape of a fair sized dragonfly (minus the wings). Supposedly this is not a
>dragonfly nymph as I am told these look nothing like the adults. I first
>spotted it latched onto one of my goldfish. The fish did a few acrobatic
>jumps and shook it off. All fish are accounted for and seem fine. This bug
>has come up to the surface then gone down again a couple of times. I was
>told it could be a damselfly nymph, but the damselflies around here are much
>smaller than this critter.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rick
>
>

(Do you know where your water quality is?)