Today at the pond: The common backswimmer - a small and rarely noticed stillwater aquatic insect. They are predators.

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Macro of a Jumping Spider hanging around beneath a house brick

Close-up of a Back Swimmer just beneath the pond water surface

Jumping spider ready to jump? I've always admired these tiny but very feisty little beasts.
The Back Swimmer is carnivorous and has a vicious 'beak' it is thrust into prey injecting a toxin. If they stab a person can create a not inconsiderable degree of pain.
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Common backswimmer, Notonecta glauca. A water bug from the backswimmer family. Here you can see the tip of the hind leg.

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Common backswimmer, Notonecta cf. glauca. Photographed (stacked) under water.

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