Water strider nymph

Gerris sp.
Water strider, nymph

A young nymph of th Water strider in top view. The one millimeter sized little animal has a very short abdomen. With the following molds the abdomen grows gradually longer. There's a Water flea visible on the picture a the left middle leg. (Eudiaptomus species, it's not a true Water flea but a Copepod).

In the picture below you see a nymph with a longer abdomen. Further there's an aphid on the duck weed leaf behind and in the corner on the lower right the arms of a green Hydra, that hangs under the duck weed, can be discovered.

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