"k" <ka30p@aol.com> wrote in message news:1189448750.292768.155330@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com... >I remember the first morning after we filled > our pond. I went out and found an aquatic > bug swimming around in it. Probably a boatman > beetle as I recall. I read up on them and found > out they take to the air and look for light > reflected off of water. You can catch aquatic > bugs by wetting a piece of black plastic > overnight. Kind of a mean trick to play on > them. > Enjoy your belated summer! > k :-) I remember when both of our ponds were just liner, and that's right, the water beetle appeared both times . peter