Photo by: ISAKA Yoji<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhile the Water Scooters are hanging out on the surface of small ponds and marshes they will be actively hunting for other small invertebrates on the water or just below the water surface. Remember those tiny hairs on the Water Skaters specialized legs? Those microsetae are also used to detect vibrations in the water. If a poor insect accidentally falls in the water the Water Skeeter will detect the ripples the insect makes and know exactly where to find their helpless lunch. Surprisingly the Water Skippers are able to get to their prey quickly being able to move at speeds of 1.5 m\/s across the pond surface.\u00a0 I guess they need to make sure they get there before another predator finds their meal.<\/p>\n
Pond Skater Fast Fact – <\/strong>The Jesus Bug (not my favourite alternative name for some reason) are very agile as a result of their long legs. In fact they are actually able to jump in order to evade a predator or catch their prey. You may think that these Pond Skaters spend all of their time on the water since they are so perfectly adapted.\u00a0 Truth is these insects tend to fly far from the water to hibernate for the winter.\u00a0 As spring approaches they will emerge and fly back to their watery homes.<\/p>\nI hope you enjoyed today’s fact on the animal with many names.\u00a0 Have a great day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I wanted to talk about an animal today that the majority of my readers could relate with so I have decided to write about the Pond Skater.\u00a0 If you are not familiar with them then perhaps you don’t live in the Northern Hemisphere where there are more than 5oo different species. If you do live on this half of the world and still have no idea what the heck a Pond Skater is then I suggest you check out their alternative names.\u00a0 Pond Skaters are also referred to as Water Striders, Water Bugs, Magic Bugs, Skimmers, Water Scooters, Water Skaters, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,4024],"tags":[348,4113,1150,1151,4025,1145,1152,1146,1153,1149,1148,1147],"yoast_head":"\n
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