Update: in total, I caught 5 Damselfly larvae (in Dutch: Waterjuffer, een smaller, thinner kind of libelle). The first one was the largest. Several days later, there was a winged one, dead (probably from the lamp) floating on the water and a second winged one, alive but very weak by the lamp. These were very small, perhaps due to an absence of food? Then a couple of days later, I caught and killed two small ones swimming in the aquarium. I have been very vigilant and have not seen any others. Thank goodness, as now I have some aquarium inhabitants! I have two small schools of fish: Paracheirodon Simulans and Boraras Briggitae. I also have a Hemirhamphodon tengah couple that I am madly in love with! They are tiny, beautiful and adorable. They have been flirting with each other. I got tired of catching snails so I now have Anentome helena carnivorous snails working for me! :cheer:
This morning,I discovered some teensy Copepods in the aquarium and the Boraras were hunting and eating them! Google has convinced me they are probably Moina, a good food source for micro-preditory fish and they eat debris and algae. It’s a win-win situation! :cheer: Google tells me they most likely arrived with Java moss. I still have two aquaria without inhabitants.
I will soon get some additional tanks. Hopefully, I will aquire my Paro’s soon.
Cheers,
Jonette