Nick Upton / Common pond skater / Water strider (Gerris lacustris) pair mating on the surface of a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Common pond skater / Water strider (Gerris lacustris) standing on the surface of a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Two male Common pond skaters / Water striders (Gerris lacustris) compete to mate with a female on the surface of a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Common pond skater (Gerris lacustris) standing on the surface of a garden pond before skating off at speed, with many colonial Green algae (Volvox) spheres moving below the surface, Wiltshire, England...
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Nick Upton / Common pond skater / Water strider (Gerris lacustris) nymph standing on a water lily leaf in a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK, June.
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Bernard Castelein / Pond skater ( Gerris species), Brasschaat, Belgium. September
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Bernard Castelein / Pond skater ( Gerris species), Brasschaat, Belgium. September
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MYN / Joao P. Burini / Water strider (Gerridae) Tapirai, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Atlantic forest. Meetyourneighbours.net project.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Pondskater (Gerris najas), Finland, August.
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Dave Bevan / Group of Common pond skaters (Gerris lacustris) on water surface, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Pond skater / Water strider (Gerris lacustris) with aphid prey on a pond surface, Wiltshire, UK, May.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Water Strider (Gerridae) adult in habitat, central Finland, May.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Water Strider (Gerridae) on water surface, central Finland, May.
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Will Watson / Minute water cricket (Microvelia reticulata) wingless form, on water, Lawn Pool, Lower Brockhampton National Trust, Herefordshire, England, UK. September. Controlled conditions using microscopy.
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Will Watson / Minute water cricket (Microvelia reticulata) wingless form, on water, Lawn Pool, Lower Brockhampton National Trust, Herefordshire, England, UK. September. Controlled conditions using microscopy.
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Aishwarya Sridhar / Pond skater (Gerridae) resting on pond surface, Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Maharashtra, India.
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Nick Upton / Common pond skater / Water strider (Gerris lacustris) on surface of garden pond with Whitefly (Aleyrodidae) prey impaled on its rostrum, Wiltshire, UK. June.
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Nick Upton / Common pond skater / Water strider (Gerris lacustris) on surface of garden pond with Bluebottle (Calliphora vomitoria) prey impaled on its rostrum, Wiltshire, UK. June.
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Lorraine Bennery / Pondskater (Gerris lacustris) on the surface of a pond, Arandon, France.
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Edwin Giesbers / Common pondskater (Gerris lacustris), the Netherlands. Controlled conditions
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Edwin Giesbers / Common pondskater (Gerris lacustris), the Netherlands. Controlled conditions
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Ripan Biswas / Female Blue riverdamsel (Pseudagrion microcephalum) laying eggs on vegetation under the water with male wings visible above water . Water strider (Gerridae sp.) approaches in search of food, Coochbeha...
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Andres M. Dominguez / Pond skaters group on water surface in pond, Los Alcornocales Natural Park, Andalusia, southern Spain. October
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Edwin Giesbers / Pondskater (Gerris lacustris), reflected on water surface. The Netherlands. July.
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Bernard Castelein / Pond skater (Gerris sp) reflected in water. Brasschaat, Belgium. June.
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Bernard Castelein / Pond skater (Gerris sp) reflected on water surface. Brasschaat, Belgium.
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Bernard Castelein / Water measurer (Hydrometra stagnorum). Brasschaat, Belgium. June.
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Nigel Cattlin / Pond skater (Gerris lacustris) on water surface with duckweed and algae , Devon, England, UK. July.
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Nigel Cattlin / Pond skater (Gerris lacustris) on water surface with duckweed and algae, Devon, England, UK, July
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Nigel Cattlin / Pond skater (Gerris lacustris) on water surface with duckweed and algae, Devon, England, UK, July
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Nigel Cattlin / Pond skater (Gerris lacustris) small early instar nymph on water surface with duckweed, Devon, England, UK, July
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Sven Zacek / Common pond skaters (Gerris lacustris) on Altja river, Lahemaa National Park, Northern Estonia.
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Konrad Wothe / Pond skater (Gerris sp.) on water surface, Germany
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Nick Upton / A predatory Common pond skater / Water strider (Gerris lacustris) attracted by vibrations, approaching a Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) as it drinks water on the margins of a garden pond, Wiltshire, U...