lims
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Today I went on an impromptu trip to a local nature spot with my friend, part of an ancient bog-system. We visited the same ponds and ditches as last time (the park was featured in my "sinister toad trip" field account thread). All we ever find is stickle backs and tadpoles in seperate ponds, no newts at all. We came to a small pond which I think may dry up in summer, I remembered this pond as the "leach pond" where I had previously found numerous large leaches, water beetles, zero newts.
In 30 minutes we netted 6 larvae in this small pond. I do not reckognise these larvae as L. vulgaris, they are too big. My instant thoughts were neotonic L vulgaris larvae, but The patterns are like none I've seen. Can anyone identify them?
I put all 6 newts back in the pond afterwards:
In 30 minutes we netted 6 larvae in this small pond. I do not reckognise these larvae as L. vulgaris, they are too big. My instant thoughts were neotonic L vulgaris larvae, but The patterns are like none I've seen. Can anyone identify them?
I put all 6 newts back in the pond afterwards: