What is this bug??
 

Hi,

A couple of days ago I spotted a bug in my pond that is about the size and
shape of a fair sized dragonfly (minus the wings). Supposedly this is not a
dragonfly nymph as I am told these look nothing like the adults. I first
spotted it latched onto one of my goldfish. The fish did a few acrobatic
jumps and shook it off. All fish are accounted for and seem fine. This bug
has come up to the surface then gone down again a couple of times. I was
told it could be a damselfly nymph, but the damselflies around here are much
smaller than this critter.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Rick

What is this bug??
 

Sounds like a Dragonfly nympth to me. Do a google search for such and
compare to your critter. ~ jan

On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:19:50 -0400, "Chrome!Hat" Rg @ storm one.dot ca wrote:

Hi,

A couple of days ago I spotted a bug in my pond that is about the size and
shape of a fair sized dragonfly (minus the wings). Supposedly this is not a
dragonfly nymph as I am told these look nothing like the adults. I first
spotted it latched onto one of my goldfish. The fish did a few acrobatic
jumps and shook it off. All fish are accounted for and seem fine. This bug
has come up to the surface then gone down again a couple of times. I was
told it could be a damselfly nymph, but the damselflies around here are much
smaller than this critter.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Rick



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