Backswimmer

Not in the garden
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Backswimmer © Harry Mole 2017

I thought this was a water boatman until I looked it up. It’s actually a backswimmer (Notonecta glauca). It’s a predator which can dive, and surrounds itself with a film of air for respiration. It can also fly between ponds (!).

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