Great Diving Beetles
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The pond life is thriving at Foxglove. This week several Great diving beetles have been found whilst pond-dipping. This one was seen in one of the shallow pools by Elizabeth today.
These are highly carniverous and are capable of catching and devouring prey as big as themselves. Val saw a Water Scorpion whilst working in one of the ponds on Tuesday and Tony and Mike happened upon a leech whilst pulling out Crassula helmsii today!
There were several species of moth in the trap this morning including Copper Underwing, Autumnal Rustic and Dark Arches.