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nymph in Cyprus Walking on water surface; the dark blobs are shadows cast by water disturbances around each of the six legs touching the water.. The Gerridae are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly known as water striders, water skeeters, water scooters, water bugs, pond skaters, water skippers, water gliders, water skimmers or puddle flies.
N. peltata has cordate floating leaves that are 3–15 cm in diameter, green to yellow-green in color, have purple-tinted undersides, and are attach to submerged rhizomes. [3] The leaves have slightly wavy margins and support a lax, or loose, inflorescence of two to five yellow, five-petal flowers (2–4 cm in diameter) with fringed petal margins.
Ponds also support larger mammals including water shrew and water vole. Badger setts are commonly found in pond banks where the ground slopes, [5] and other mammals such as foxes and domestic cattle and horses use ponds as a drinking water supply. All these animals and birds can also be vectors for pond-dwelling organisms. [citation needed]
Water mites in a mat of floating algae Two water mites feeding on the larva of a chironomid [2] Hydrachnidia , also known as " water mites ", Hydrachnidiae , Hydracarina or Hydrachnellae , are among the most abundant and diverse groups of benthic arthropods, composed of 6,000 described species from 57 families. [ 3 ]
The Indian skipper frog (Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis) has the ability to leap out of the water from a position floating on the surface. [106] The tiny northern cricket frog (Acris crepitans) can "skitter" across the surface of a pond with a series of short rapid jumps. [107] Slow-motion photography shows that the muscles have passive flexibility.
Zooplankton sample including several species of copepods (1–5), gastropod larva (6) doliolids (7), fish eggs (8), and decapod larva (9) (Photo by Iole Di Capua). Zooplankton are the heterotrophic component of the planktonic community (the "zoo-" prefix comes from Ancient Greek: ζῷον, romanized: zôion, lit.