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    Really good, Joe!

    Is it trying to eat a blue Damselfly in the first one?

    (I know it's ovipositing in the others...)

    Here was one I saw at Exbury the other day..
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    Nice shots Joe, does look like the first one is dining whilst laying.

    Is the one in your shot alive Catherine, looks a little low in the water.
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    Yes, she was having a meal, I noticed the movement and looked through the lens and realised so took the shots.
    Nice pic Catherine

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    She was very much alive, Rolf! She was resting on the 'skin' of the water, and flew off afterwards.

    I couldn't get a good pic because I was at the very edge of the pond, had to lean over to take the pics, and most were spoiled by the leaves in the foreground.

    Here are a few other pics of her - ones I'd discarded before you asked!

    [There are several other insects floating or moving on the water. The Pond Skater is insectivorous, but only eats small insects - although he does seem to be trying to hold on to her wing in the last pic!]
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    It just goes to show that discarded pics are good.

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