Larvae Identification
 

I saw some little creatures in my pond yesterday, on the waterfall wiers.
When I got close, they 'swam' up stream and disappeared.

I managed to grab one, and looked at it under a magnifying glass. It looked
like a little tiny drafonfly, but with no wings (it was about 1/16th of an
inch long). Here come the questions:

1. Could these be mosquito larvae? I thought mosquito larvae kind of hung
upside down and breathed throught little tubes.

2. Any web page I can go to that identifies water critters?

3. Will mosquito dunks kill them, if they're not mosquitos?

Thanks.

Larvae Identification
 

Stricks wrote

It looked
like a little tiny drafonfly, but with no wings

Could be a dragonfly or damselfly nymph.

1. Could these be mosquito larvae?
I don't think so, they don't swim upstream. They wriggle and then come back to
the surface.

2. Any web page I can go to that identifies water critters?
Go he
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/d...derpageone.htm

3. Will mosquito dunks kill them, if they're not mosquitos? Only if they
are blackfly larva.





kathy :-)
(still use ka30p for email
this acct. is for reading rec.ponds only)

Larvae Identification
 

Stricks wrote

It looked
like a little tiny drafonfly, but with no wings

Could be a dragonfly or damselfly nymph.

1. Could these be mosquito larvae?
I don't think so, they don't swim upstream. They wriggle and then come back to
the surface.

2. Any web page I can go to that identifies water critters?
Go he
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/d...derpageone.htm

3. Will mosquito dunks kill them, if they're not mosquitos? Only if they
are blackfly larva.





kathy :-)
(still use ka30p for email
this acct. is for reading rec.ponds only)

Larvae Identification
 

Look at this site
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~sos-...oKeyIntro.HTML
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html
"stricks760" wrote in message
k.net...
I saw some little creatures in my pond yesterday, on the waterfall wiers.
When I got close, they 'swam' up stream and disappeared.

I managed to grab one, and looked at it under a magnifying glass. It
looked
like a little tiny drafonfly, but with no wings (it was about 1/16th of an
inch long). Here come the questions:

1. Could these be mosquito larvae? I thought mosquito larvae kind of hung
upside down and breathed throught little tubes.

2. Any web page I can go to that identifies water critters?

3. Will mosquito dunks kill them, if they're not mosquitos?

Thanks.

Larvae Identification
 

Look at this site
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~sos-...oKeyIntro.HTML
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html
"stricks760" wrote in message
k.net...
I saw some little creatures in my pond yesterday, on the waterfall wiers.
When I got close, they 'swam' up stream and disappeared.

I managed to grab one, and looked at it under a magnifying glass. It
looked
like a little tiny drafonfly, but with no wings (it was about 1/16th of an
inch long). Here come the questions:

1. Could these be mosquito larvae? I thought mosquito larvae kind of hung
upside down and breathed throught little tubes.

2. Any web page I can go to that identifies water critters?

3. Will mosquito dunks kill them, if they're not mosquitos?

Thanks.

Larvae Identification
 

"stricks760" wrote in message
k.net...
I saw some little creatures in my pond yesterday, on the waterfall wiers.
When I got close, they 'swam' up stream and disappeared.

I managed to grab one, and looked at it under a magnifying glass. It
looked
like a little tiny drafonfly, but with no wings (it was about 1/16th of an
inch long). Here come the questions:

1. Could these be mosquito larvae? I thought mosquito larvae kind of hung
upside down and breathed throught little tubes.

2. Any web page I can go to that identifies water critters?

3. Will mosquito dunks kill them, if they're not mosquitos?

We've got some bug and squito links on our site at http://tinyurl.com/2gg5z.

--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

Larvae Identification
 

"stricks760" wrote in message
k.net...
I saw some little creatures in my pond yesterday, on the waterfall wiers.
When I got close, they 'swam' up stream and disappeared.

I managed to grab one, and looked at it under a magnifying glass. It
looked
like a little tiny drafonfly, but with no wings (it was about 1/16th of an
inch long). Here come the questions:

1. Could these be mosquito larvae? I thought mosquito larvae kind of hung
upside down and breathed throught little tubes.

2. Any web page I can go to that identifies water critters?

3. Will mosquito dunks kill them, if they're not mosquitos?

We've got some bug and squito links on our site at http://tinyurl.com/2gg5z.

--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

Larvae Identification
 

Thanks for the help.

They are either Mayfly or Stonefly larvae.

Can't tell which, because the little buggers are too small and too fast.

Is either one a bad thing? Sounds like who ever is so unfortunate to go
over the wateralls will be greatly enjoyed by the Koi.



"stricks760" wrote in message
k.net...
I saw some little creatures in my pond yesterday, on the waterfall wiers.
When I got close, they 'swam' up stream and disappeared.

I managed to grab one, and looked at it under a magnifying glass. It
looked
like a little tiny drafonfly, but with no wings (it was about 1/16th of an
inch long). Here come the questions:

1. Could these be mosquito larvae? I thought mosquito larvae kind of hung
upside down and breathed throught little tubes.

2. Any web page I can go to that identifies water critters?

3. Will mosquito dunks kill them, if they're not mosquitos?

Thanks.

Larvae Identification
 

Thanks for the help.

They are either Mayfly or Stonefly larvae.

Can't tell which, because the little buggers are too small and too fast.

Is either one a bad thing? Sounds like who ever is so unfortunate to go
over the wateralls will be greatly enjoyed by the Koi.



"stricks760" wrote in message
k.net...
I saw some little creatures in my pond yesterday, on the waterfall wiers.
When I got close, they 'swam' up stream and disappeared.

I managed to grab one, and looked at it under a magnifying glass. It
looked
like a little tiny drafonfly, but with no wings (it was about 1/16th of an
inch long). Here come the questions:

1. Could these be mosquito larvae? I thought mosquito larvae kind of hung
upside down and breathed throught little tubes.

2. Any web page I can go to that identifies water critters?

3. Will mosquito dunks kill them, if they're not mosquitos?

Thanks.

Larvae Identification
 

Neither mayfly or stonefly larvae are a
bad thing. And you are right they make
excellent fish food!


kathy :-)
(still use ka30p for email
this acct. is for reading rec.ponds only)