What does your pond look like ... Today?

[Troutredds]

Cool looking creatures. Wonder what their larvae looks like. Maybe similar to dragon fly larvae.

Here's an aquatic nymph photo off the web. The lacy filaments along the abdomen are actually gills for breathing. The nymphal stage, like that of their dragon and damsel cousins, can last anywhere from months to years, depending on the species.

 

[j.w]

Thanks JB, now I can keep an eye out for them in the water.

 

[Troutredds]

Thanks JB, now I can keep an eye out for them in the water.

Thanks, @j.w, but I'm Red, remember?

 

[j.w]

lol I know, I know. Was watching eagles at the same time and I'm old so I have an excuse
Thank you Red!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

More and more greenery beginning to emerge around the pond.
Irises have started popping up in the bog.

Irises have started popping up outside of the bog too.

and lilies are also growing.

 

[Andy41]

Hi,

A few pics of the fish waking up from their winter sleep....

They look hungry, but the water temp is still only +8C, so no food yet.

cheers,

Andy.

 

[Troutredds]

Hi,

A few pics of the fish waking up from their winter sleep....

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They look hungry, but the water temp is still only +8C, so no food yet.

cheers,

Andy.

Beautiful fish, Andy!

 

[addy1]

My pond lilies have been growing under the ice, some leaves are almost hitting the surface. The bog is going crazy with growth, every day another inch of growth on the plants.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

My pond lilies have been growing under the ice, some leaves are almost hitting the surface. The bog is going crazy with growth, every day another inch of growth on the plants.

I wish I was seeing that kind of growth! My lilies have not shown anything yet as far as I can tell. I could be wrong though, I still have some decaying stems from last season out there that I really should get out.

 

[callingcolleen1]

Since I got my new 55 inch curved Smart Sam Sung TV I love to read this thread on that really big really super HD TV, the ponds then look way better and more interesting than on my little old puter! You can see way more things you never saw before, like your there in person!! I just need to pick up a remote pad to type on and then by by computer!!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Since I got my new 55 inch curved Smart Sam Sung TV I love to read this thread on that really big really super HD TV, the ponds then look way better and more interesting than on my little old puter! You can see way more things you never saw before, like your there in person!! I just need to pick up a remote pad to type on and then by by computer!!

I need a computer for everything I do and all the programs I have, but I often use my tv as the monitor. I have an old computer monitor so when I use the tv theres a huge difference!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Damn... found the Leopard Frog dead today as I was scooping the bottom. Huge bummer. I have low hopes of the three missing Bullfrogs being alive now. Especially with temps being so warm again, I haven't seen anything (not even the live one). Now I just have to find them...

 

[callingcolleen1]

Awe! I am so sorry JB! I so love the frogs too.

 

[sissy]

I so hate frogs and hate scooping out there dead sucked out bodies after aggie spits them out

 

[j.w]

The frogs seem to have gotten a bad deal this winter back where you guys all got frozen over. Sorry for the loss of so many