But ponds are typically low in dissolved oxygen, so many freshwater insects breathe air and can fly between ponds. Water scorpions use their tails like snorkels to draw air from the surface and great ...

When a space fills up with water, nature quickly moves in. The first to move into a pond are usually aquatic plants such as water starwort, then insects such as water boatmen, pond skaters, whirligig ...

The 10 rarest pond species are tadpole shrimp, spangled water beetle, starfruit, brown galingale, fairy shrimp, lesser silver water beetle, tassel stonewort, three-lobed water-crowfoot, white-faced ...

More than 90 wetland plant species have emerged from the preserved dormant seeds, while the ponds have become havens for wildlife, hosting 50 species of water beetles - 15 of conservation concern ...