ID this mysterious creature

shift · 02-16-2013, 04:54 AM

To bad he wasn't friendly.. it was kind of cool looking.. I still havent seen him since the first sighting :|

shift · 02-16-2013, 07:09 PM

Victory! i finally caught the little punk

**Soothing Shrimp** · 02-16-2013, 07:26 PM

Congrats! The shrimp now hold you as a false idol. I hear they're going to build a monument to you. J/K ...or am I?

trueblu8 · 02-19-2013, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob in Puyallup

Dragon and damselflies are among the most interesting insects one can keep. They're quite aware of their environment. Bright for a bug.

One day maybe I'll get lucky enough to have one stowaway.

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I have one for you. Will post a pic in a few.

**Rob in Puyallup** · 02-19-2013, 06:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trueblu8

I have one for you. Will post a pic in a few.

Still waiting!

trueblu8 · 02-19-2013, 07:16 AM

Sorry. Wouldn't let me upload a pic from my phone. Had to d/l to my desktop.

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creekbottom · 02-19-2013, 08:12 AM

Ugh!! those things are so creepy looking! I had to pull one out of my shrimp tank too... gross!!!

trueblu8 · 02-19-2013, 08:25 AM

Lol. Just feed them until they become a dragonfly. Then let them fly around the house or release them into the wild.

creekbottom · 02-19-2013, 09:02 AM

I had read that a nymph could stay that way for up to 2 years! I don't think my shrimp would last that long.

trueblu8 · 02-19-2013, 09:17 AM

Yeah you'd have to keep them in another tank.

shift · 02-19-2013, 04:20 PM

Looks like a big spider

**sbarbee54** · 02-19-2013, 05:05 PM

If you find one in your tank there are more..... They can lay eggs fomr 10-30... I thought i only had 5. when i tore the tank down total found was 15 alive and 2 that i found dead 2 days prior.

**Rob in Puyallup** · 02-19-2013, 05:35 PM

A very cool pic, Trueblu! I love all things, bugs!

**Rob in Puyallup** · 02-19-2013, 05:37 PM

Speaking of things that look like spiders, check out one of my freshwater crabs:

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Lexinverts · 02-19-2013, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by sbarbee54

If you find one in your tank there are more..... They can lay eggs fomr 10-30... I thought i only had 5. when i tore the tank down total found was 15 alive and 2 that i found dead 2 days prior.

You had nymphs, and nymphs can't lay eggs because they aren't sexually mature. You were unlucky enough to get plants from someone who had an adult damselfly go "hog-wild" in their plants before shipping them off to you.

The picture in this thread is actually of a dragonfly nymph, while yours were damselfly nymphs (same insect order but different families). The dragonfly nymphs are bigger, and I'll betting the adult dragonflies don't lay as many eggs as do the damselflies. Damselflies are pretty prolific.

02-16-2013, 04:54 AM	#16
shift Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: canada Posts: 891	To bad he wasn't friendly.. it was kind of cool looking.. I still havent seen him since the first sighting :\| __________________ 84G - The Osaka Forest 12G Fluval Edge - Celestial pearl Danios, Boraras urophthalmoides & PFR shrimp 5.5G Fluval Chi - Pumpkin shrimplets 10G - CRS/CBS 10G - Red Rilli's 10G - Yellow shrimp

02-16-2013, 07:09 PM	#17
shift Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: canada Posts: 891	Victory! i finally caught the little punk __________________ 84G - The Osaka Forest 12G Fluval Edge - Celestial pearl Danios, Boraras urophthalmoides & PFR shrimp 5.5G Fluval Chi - Pumpkin shrimplets 10G - CRS/CBS 10G - Red Rilli's 10G - Yellow shrimp

02-16-2013, 07:26 PM	#18
Soothing Shrimp Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (74/100%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 3,523	Congrats! The shrimp now hold you as a false idol. I hear they're going to build a monument to you. J/K ...or am I? __________________ DBP Club! My thinking has been invert-ed!

02-19-2013, 04:20 PM	#26
shift Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: canada Posts: 891	Looks like a big spider __________________ 84G - The Osaka Forest 12G Fluval Edge - Celestial pearl Danios, Boraras urophthalmoides & PFR shrimp 5.5G Fluval Chi - Pumpkin shrimplets 10G - CRS/CBS 10G - Red Rilli's 10G - Yellow shrimp

02-19-2013, 05:05 PM	#27
sbarbee54 The Security Dude (View User Tanks) PTrader: (47/100%) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: The Badlands Posts: 2,562	If you find one in your tank there are more..... They can lay eggs fomr 10-30... I thought i only had 5. when i tore the tank down total found was 15 alive and 2 that i found dead 2 days prior. __________________ 55 Planted Rummys,2 GBR,8 Corys,4 Discus PFR Culls Many shrimp tanks http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...half-done.html

02-19-2013, 07:16 AM	#21
trueblu8 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 68	Sorry. Wouldn't let me upload a pic from my phone. Had to d/l to my desktop.

02-19-2013, 08:12 AM	#22
creekbottom Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Edmonton, Canada Posts: 213	Ugh!! those things are so creepy looking! I had to pull one out of my shrimp tank too... gross!!!

02-19-2013, 08:25 AM	#23
trueblu8 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 68	Lol. Just feed them until they become a dragonfly. Then let them fly around the house or release them into the wild.

02-19-2013, 09:02 AM	#24
creekbottom Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Edmonton, Canada Posts: 213	I had read that a nymph could stay that way for up to 2 years! I don't think my shrimp would last that long.

02-19-2013, 09:17 AM	#25
trueblu8 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 68	Yeah you'd have to keep them in another tank.

02-19-2013, 05:35 PM	#28
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,253	A very cool pic, Trueblu! I love all things, bugs! __________________ 35 gal Hex Shrimp and Celestial Pearl Danio ;29 gallon Endler's only;Petco Bookshelf 6.6 gal Crystal Shrimp and Hitchhiking CPD fry tank; Bookshelf 6.6 gal Brackish Opae Ula Shrimp; Fluval Ebi 7.9 gal assorted Shrimp only.; 10 gallon Opae Ula tank, started Nov 21, 2012. Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever...Journal Now... I'm out of room!

02-19-2013, 05:37 PM	#29
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,253	Re: ID this mysterious creature Speaking of things that look like spiders, check out one of my freshwater crabs: Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III using Tapatalk 2 Attached Thumbnails __________________ 35 gal Hex Shrimp and Celestial Pearl Danio ;29 gallon Endler's only;Petco Bookshelf 6.6 gal Crystal Shrimp and Hitchhiking CPD fry tank; Bookshelf 6.6 gal Brackish Opae Ula Shrimp; Fluval Ebi 7.9 gal assorted Shrimp only.; 10 gallon Opae Ula tank, started Nov 21, 2012. Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever...Journal Now... I'm out of room!

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