I videoed some tadpoles yesterday, and saw something sort of tadpole sized zipping incredibly fast and shooting off at different angles and seemingly going from the surface to underwater. I thought it was possibly water boatmen but didn’t know that they could move so fast, it was much much faster than the tadpoles, so fast in fact that you can barely make them out in what I videoed. Is it likely to be water boatmen?
It could be a water boatman, as they can be very fast when they want to be, but it might be a whirligig beetle or one of the aquatic beetle species, all of which are very fast.
@@sam2cents I looked up that whirlgig beetle and funnily enough saw a video where I saw a similar thing ruclips.net/video/NNQMtdiUSss/видео.htmlsi=YwaY8p6vdGyq_Bn2 it's between 0:16 and 0:20 you see something zipping really fast under the water. Can't tell if they are small fish or an insect. but it's pretty much identical to what I saw.
I hadn't heard backswimmers eat water boatmen (although it very much depends on what you mean by either species) .Actually, are you talking American species? In Europe things are a little different. This link will explain what I mean: www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/bugs/common-backswimmer
@@BeAllEndAll-i3e I think it's a continental difference - over here and on Great Britain, the common backswimmer is also known as the common water boatman.
How one got into my swimming pool I have no idea, but we swam alongside each other quite happily.
Believe it or not they are actually very good at flying. Well, many species are - some have given it up altogether. Thanks for your upbeat comment.
They bite humans
@@ORANGE222-y8z They are known to deliver a very painful bite at that.
@@sam2cents got bit yesterday it felt like a wasp sting
@@ORANGE222-y8z Ouch! How did it happen? They usually only do it if handled.
I videoed some tadpoles yesterday, and saw something sort of tadpole sized zipping incredibly fast and shooting off at different angles and seemingly going from the surface to underwater. I thought it was possibly water boatmen but didn’t know that they could move so fast, it was much much faster than the tadpoles, so fast in fact that you can barely make them out in what I videoed. Is it likely to be water boatmen?
It could be a water boatman, as they can be very fast when they want to be, but it might be a whirligig beetle or one of the aquatic beetle species, all of which are very fast.
@@sam2cents I looked up that whirlgig beetle and funnily enough saw a video where I saw a similar thing ruclips.net/video/NNQMtdiUSss/видео.htmlsi=YwaY8p6vdGyq_Bn2 it's between 0:16 and 0:20 you see something zipping really fast under the water. Can't tell if they are small fish or an insect. but it's pretty much identical to what I saw.
@@hartshapedvid Hi Tom, I went to where you said and slowed the play right down and it is indeed a water boatman.
Big thanks kids loved the video
Thanks Sandra. That really makes it worthwhile.
What is in the bottom of the pond
Tadpoles?
That's a back swimmer not a water boatman , back swimmers eat water boatman
I hadn't heard backswimmers eat water boatmen (although it very much depends on what you mean by either species) .Actually, are you talking American species? In Europe things are a little different. This link will explain what I mean: www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/bugs/common-backswimmer
@@sam2cents thank you for your response I will definitely check out the link 👌
@@BeAllEndAll-i3e No problem, Tyler. It sounds like you know your bugs.
@@sam2cents ruclips.net/video/Uveb6vfqxi0/видео.html here are a few key differences between the two which you should find interesting.
@@BeAllEndAll-i3e I think it's a continental difference - over here and on Great Britain, the common backswimmer is also known as the common water boatman.