Successful Pond Dipping with Froglife

11/7/26 Jenny's Wood, Meadow Pond Newt eft.

Many people enjoyed Froglife's pond dipping session. Despite the dry weather they managed to find a good selection of insects, crustaceans, annelids and amphibians making their home in the ponds in the meadow.

Insects

Dragonfly nymphs 

Damselfly nymphs

Mayfly nymphs 

Great diving beetle

Lesser water boatman

Greater water boatman

Water measurers 

Pond skaters 

Water crickets

Midge larvae 

Crustaceans

Water louse

Water fleas

Annelids (segmented worms)

Leeches

AmphibiansSmooth newt larva

Smooth newt juvenile (eft)

No adults were found; adults typically move out of the water after breeding season to damp terrestrial habitats including rough grassland, woodland, hedgerows, and grasslands