Snail Egg Clusters - not predacious diving beetle eggs.

Snail eggs.  We originally thought, and hoped, that these might be predacious diving beetle eggs.
(We are keeping both in a fishbowl.)

Predacious Diving Beetle Pets

I have two of these predacious diving beetles living in a large fishbowl. They are over an inch long, and they eat minnows. They trap air between their hard outer wings (called elytra) and their softer abdomen; they breathe that air while they swimming and resting underwater. These beetles have eaten three minnows in the last few days. I caught both of these near a streetlight in Shreveport, LA at around 11pm.

Check out these links to some video of predacious diving beetles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edu9Sb3HZlQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2cccVl-Atc

Midnight Moth

A very large moth discovered on my midnight ride along the river. If I could have gotten a picture of the fox that ran alongside me for about fifty yards... I would have posted that instead.

Water Beetles on the Red River

This video of water beetles was taken on my bike ride along the river on July 23rd.

Red River Bike Ride

I went for a bikeride along the trail near the Red River today.

This dragonfly was in the brush alongside a dirt (more like mud) road.

An egret in the distance.

The Red River

Inherently Risky Farm Animal Activity???

This sign just conjures up a whole list of questions for me...