Common pond skater / Water strider (Gerris lacustris) standing on the surface of a garden pond with colonial Green algae (Volvox) below the surface.

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Common pond skater / Water strider (Gerris lacustris) standing on the surface of a garden pond with many colonial Green algae (Volvox) spheres below the surface, Wiltshire, UK, May.

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Size: 3777px × 2518px
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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