05 April, 2020

A water strider-




An insect around 2 com in length and slender in body with long filamentous antenna moves in the eater in a zig-zag manner creating designs in the water. It seems to move the upstream all the time!

I was rather amused by its movement pattern and the the design it created on water surface.

How a small insect survives the force of a down stream!

I do not remember noticing this during my adult life. I am not sure, if I noticed it as a child!

They are small events in nature, but is an engaging observation about the resolve of an insect!

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)

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