The Water Measurer

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By: Vladimir Meshkov

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Photographer	Vladimir Meshkov {Karma:749}
Project	N/A	Camera Model	Сanon
Categories	Wildlife	Film Format
Portfolio		Lens	Canon 600 mm f/4L USM
Uploaded	6/5/2017	Film / Memory Type	LEXAR SDXC Pro 1000X 64Gb
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Location	City - Rjazan' State - Country - Russia
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Vladimir Meshkov

{K:749} 6/5/2017

Water-measurers are so called because they can be watched slowly walking around on the surface of ditches and ponds, apparently pacing out the distances between points! Water-measurers are part of the insect ‘boat’ community - whirligig beetles, water crickets, pond skaters and water-measurers all live on top of the water surface. All these animals have hydrophobic (water fearing) hairs on their undersides or on their legs. The repulsive force between the water and these hair are sufficient to support the weight of the insects on the water surface.
These insects are scavengers or carnivores which feed on bodies of small animals which land on or rise up to the water’s surface - dead or alive. Water-measurers are very sensitive to vibrations in the surface film of the water and use these to locate prey or dead bodies. They will also sit on the surface and catch water fleas, mosquito larvae and other small animals moving underneath them by impaling them on its needle like mouthparts. Most of the ‘boat’ insects are fast moving zipping in to deal with any new food source, but the gangly water-measurers are unhurried and cautious. If there was an ‘insect boat’ Olympics the water-measurers would lose every race!

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