5 aquatic animals in the pond
If you have created a pond in your garden, you will certainly be able to observe some of these aquatic animals after a short time.
Frogs and toads in the pond
We are happy to settle in your garden pond frogs and toads on. They can live on land and in water. During the mating season, they hold real concerts, so that the idyllic tranquility is over, especially at night.
Jellyfish beetles clean the water
The yellow fire beetles are not always visible, but they are in almost everyone pond available. Above all, they ensure healthy water and are also called "health aquatic animals", because they like to eat sick or dead fish and so do not allow germs to emerge and less Seaweed form. The approximately 35 millimeters long Beetle can swim well and also fly long distances.
The pond newt is one of the native aquatic animals
The pond newts only live in the water during spawning time, otherwise they live on land. Since fish are generally among the worst enemies of the newts, they almost exclusively seek out fish-less waters. The eleven centimeter long animals move very quickly in the water and in the event of danger they seek out the ground or plants at lightning speed.
Only those who offer a good biotope with their garden pond complain of a frog plague ...
The water strider as a natural phenomenon
The water strider can be found on almost every pond. Due to their physique, these lightweights can walk effortlessly over the water. So that they can reach their prey on the water surface faster than the pond fish, they need this ability.
Back swimmers pull lanes
These about 15 millimeters in size insects belong to the family of bed bugs and move through the water on their backs. In order to find food, the animal remains on its back and waits for small animals to come to the surface to breathe. There are a total of six different species of these aquatic animals in Central Europe.
