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Sunning water boatman

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Posted by Mike Smith on May 6, 2013 at 3:45 PM
Sunning water boatman
A bit of behaviour I haven't seen before - water boatman hauling itself onto plantain stems, presumably sunning itself. Several individuals were exhibiting the same behaviour today in my little pond. Very nervoius out of the water any slight movement and they dived back into the water.

Olympus E-3, 150mm f2 plus 2x converter, iso 200, 1/100s at F5.6, tripod. Cropped for presentation
Posted by John Robinson on May 6, 2013 at 4:09 PM
Thats very unusual Mike ! 50 years working with fresh water and never seen it !
Seems they do this prior to taking flight . You learn something every day !
Cheers
JR
Posted by Barry Southon on May 7, 2013 at 12:10 AM
Mike

A unique capture, I've never seen them exit the water.

:wink:
Posted by Neil Burton on May 7, 2013 at 4:37 AM
Very well spotted! :toast:
Posted by Bob Johnson on May 7, 2013 at 5:33 AM
Great natural history shot Mike :wink:

Bob :smile:
Posted by Nick Mckeown on May 9, 2013 at 2:40 AM
Never seen this before Mike, well seen and taken.

Nick. :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :smile: :wavey: