Biodiversity in the pond of the biotope
I hardly dared to make underwater photos, but of course I was enthralled, what kind of biodiversity is developing in the small water of the pond. Here a few photos taken with a macro lens directly into the pond water.
The lymnaeidae surfaces to the water surface ...
... via the sideward lockable opening ...
... to fill it´s lungs ...
... with air:
Whirligig beetled live at the water surface:
An optimum adaption to this transitional stage water-air evolution is, that they can see as well above as under the water:
