Ingo Arndt / Pond Skater (Gerris sp) using surface tension to walk on water, a true bug of the Heteroptera suborder, Europe
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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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Chien Lee / Fishing Spider (Dolomedes sp) feeding on Pond Skater (Gerridae) prey, Nabire, Papua, Indonesia
