surface tension is a wonderful thing

[piranha]

water striders (gerridae) are fascinating.

rain rain rain. nice rain. i stayed inside and listened to the sound on the grape leaves outside the window. and then the network was flakey (not at our end this time) and that's why the picture is late.

Comments

[livinglaurel.livejournal.com]

That is AMAZING. And yes, rainrainrain the past 2-3 days! I LOVE it.

[necturus.livejournal.com]

Water striders are sometimes called Jesus bugs.

[mayaknife.livejournal.com]

You can see the drama in their body language. That must be how they keep up the tension.