


This is a water beetle larva. Total length about 2.5 cm (1 inch). Found in a pond at my local nature reserve. A busy little chap.
The first image is using a Wild M8 stereo zoom microscope. The other two are macros taken with the camera plus an add-on lens from the scrap box. Both of these show the larva at rest taking air at the surface film.
I wasn't sure whether to put these in the micro or macro forum, but as I started with a micro image, this is where they ended up.