I don’t have one hot solitary clue as to what this is. @Ian_gardiner @shawnb2 could either of you perhaps shed some light on the ID and point me in the right direction?
Collected free swimming in Spectacle Lake, depth < 1 meter, temperature 2.6 C. Collected and have available for further diagnostics. Video of live movement taken under microscope, will work to convert to GIF and upload.
Seen with @stephbrulot
A water sample was taken from the shore of Srednerogatsky Pond. The air temperature was 14°C (57.2 °F). The sample was stored at room temperature and observed 6 days after collection.
Video: https://youtu.be/CxDTah3Qxnc
ONly one opf the damsels i photographed had mites and there are very many on the underside of the tail of this individual, do they reproduce ON the odonate??? or is each a colonizer based on where this odonate landed?
In non-moving marsh environment with much submerged vegetative material.
First photo dorsal view
Second photo ventral view
Length ~3 mm