Damselfly Nymph?

[Winterlily]

Yet another new creepy-crawly found in a tank today. (Yeah yeah yeah... I'm not great with insects and such ) Went over the hitchhiker guide here (again) and looks like a damselfly nymph? Or am I wrong? It was about 3/4" (about 2 cm) and when it swam, it swam in sort of "S" shapes. Whatcha think? Damselfly nymph, so no worries? (In with just a single male betta, couple of nerite snails, and a missing amano shrimp.)

 

[howard_hopkinson]

Yup, definitely a Damselfly nymph. No danger except to small fry.

 

[Winterlily]

Thanks Howard!

 

[keenonfish]

I hope you take a snap of the adult when it emerges?

 

[Winterlily]

Sorry, too late. Didn't know at that point what it was and if it was any sort of dangerous, and was unsure if I'd ever be able to find it easily again, so um... he's gone.

 

[M.R Otter]

cool!! at least that is nothing comparing to dragonfly nymph that had been eating my shrimps all day without making me noticing him.... but I had punished it by feeding it to the mighty walking catfish hahaha lol!!

 

[Winterlily]

"Cool" is definitely not the word that sprang to mind when I saw it!

 

[M.R Otter]

believe me or not insects are more than cool.....espacialy in thier larval stage.

 

[Winterlily]

Umm... blechk.