Phriday Photo - Eight-legged Water Strider

by The Birdfreak Team on July 25, 2008 · 6 comments

in Phriday Photo

Upon finding an eight-legged water strider we questioned whether the apparently clean stream was in fact full of radioactive runoff. Turns out, it was just a mating pair! Yes, they only have four legs each.

Water Strider

Birdfreak is getting ready for a trip to the east coast, specifically New York and Rhode Island. Excited level: dangerously high.

{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

Klaus 07.25.08 at 9:19 am

;) Good one! And stay excited - will ya?
Cheers, Klaus

Lana 07.25.08 at 9:36 pm

That’s hysterical! Have a good time on your trip! :)

bevson 07.26.08 at 8:32 am

Will you have time to go birding? The shorebirds are starting to move now. Jamaica Bay is picking up and the Jersey shore too.

Ken Schneider 07.27.08 at 8:10 am

Sorry– autofill gave me the wrong name!

Ken

Ken Schneider 07.27.08 at 8:12 am

Have a great trip.

BTW, I can see only 6 legs on that strider.

The Birdfreak Team 07.27.08 at 4:38 pm

Thanks all!! We’ll have lots of time to bird at various locations including some of the Rhode Island shore.

Ken - Thanks!! The legs are hard to see… we were counting the shadows which look like 8… either way there were two striders.

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