Mastodawn

Rose LaCroix 6d ago

Water Strider
Portland Chinese Garden
June 2024
These are true bugs who prey on insects and spiders unlucky enough to fall into the water. Hydrophobic hairs on their legs keep them on the water's surface.
#digitalphotography #photography #insect #waterstrider #truebug #bugstodon #bug #waterbug #naturephotography

Rkristuf Dec 29

Das Dada Tarot
<Der Wasserläufer>

The Dada Tarot
<The Water Strider>

Idea Writing Command AI Realisation

Meister Jeder, Dadaist, Realistiker 12/25
#dada #Tarot #AIart #Wasserläufer #WaterStrider

Plazi Species Oct 10, 2025

#NewSpecies!
New water strider from #china just strode in:

Velia lii

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6F5ABD44-A6B1-5791-BF1B-EE9A0AFA84A6
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1254.156152
#ZooKeys #VeliaLii

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hemiptera #waterstrider #watercricket

Smartphone Photographer Jun 6, 2025

Water Strider makes Skull-Like Ripples in the Water. #waterstrider #insectphotography #macrophotography #naturephotography #wildlife #pondlife #insectsofinstagram #waterbugs #naturelover # ripples #water_perfection #smartphonephotography #photography

Ben Apr 26, 2025

A water strider performs a shadow dance #nature #pnw #waterphotography #waterstrider

Marie Närvik Apr 15, 2025

Pattern on the water surface from a water strider.

#gerridae #waterstrider #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #sweden #wildlifephotography #naturesweden #forest

Plazi Species Sep 13, 2024

#NewSpecies!
New water strider from #china just strode in:

Amemboa hainanica

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D2BD0D7-CDAA-4523-90FB-0C54783AF425
Publication: http://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1210.125611
#ZooKeys #AmemboaHainanica

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hemiptera #waterstrider

Amemboa hainanica Leng, Jin & Ye 2024, sp. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank

Willa has moved!!

Water strider (family Gerridae) making abstract art from the reflections on a puddle, from July 2020:

#insects #reflections #WaterStrider

Plazi Species Jul 19, 2024

#NewSpecies!
New water strider from #japan just strode in:

Microvelia minsa

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4B192F63-FFE0-9C5D-33F2-FDE0FE95FEAF
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.6
#Zootaxa #MicroveliaMinsa

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hemiptera #waterstrider

Microvelia minsa Aiso & Ishikawa 2024, sp. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank

Khürt Williams Jul 15, 2024

North American Common Water Strider

#Waterstrider #Insect #SkillmanPark #SylvanLake #MontgomeryNJ #Aquarius

https://islandinthenet.com/north-american-common-water-strider-aquarius-remigis/

North American Common Water Strider (Aquarius remigis) on Island in the Net

They walk on water.

Island in the Net