Can you guess what this is?
Post categories: Springwatch
|19:39 UK time, Thursday, 2 June 2011
A pretty hard one for tonight's show... can you guess what this is? One clue: it's on water. Answers below please.
Update 5 June: Congratulations to everyone who got it right: mosquito eggs.
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At 20:07 2nd Jun 2011, Lindsay Edwards wrote:Mosquito eggs?
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At 20:08 2nd Jun 2011, Ryan Hughes wrote:mosquito eggs ?
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At 20:09 2nd Jun 2011, sammie wrote:Mosquito Egg Raft ?
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At 20:09 2nd Jun 2011, saul patric wrote:is it a kingfisher that nested at the side of the river in a mud shaped bowel?
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At 20:10 2nd Jun 2011, Nicola Main wrote:Yes I think mosquito eggs
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At 20:11 2nd Jun 2011, Harris Hawk wrote:I haven't a flipping clue
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At 20:11 2nd Jun 2011, JONANDKEIRAN wrote:MOSQUITO EGGS
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At 20:11 2nd Jun 2011, Ella wrote:leachs or worms
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At 20:11 2nd Jun 2011, rimo wrote:It's a mosquito egg raft, almost certainly genus Culex but possibly Culiseta, and probably Culex pipiens
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At 20:11 2nd Jun 2011, Avice wrote:mosquito eggs?????
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At 20:11 2nd Jun 2011, sally monster wrote:Damselfly eggs?
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At 20:11 2nd Jun 2011, Simon Alpe wrote:water spider eggs
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At 20:12 2nd Jun 2011, chris peck em wrote:mosquito eggs
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At 20:12 2nd Jun 2011, amery56 wrote:mosquito egg raft
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At 20:12 2nd Jun 2011, sapphire wrote:mosquito eggs
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At 20:12 2nd Jun 2011, KingofFishers wrote:I think its either dragonfly or Damselfly eggs
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At 20:12 2nd Jun 2011, Thomas Moss wrote:Mosquito eggs
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At 20:12 2nd Jun 2011, JJ wrote:mosquito egg raft
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At 20:12 2nd Jun 2011, saul patric wrote:some sort of eggs
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At 20:12 2nd Jun 2011, The Dorset Blogger wrote:Mosquito egg rafts
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At 20:12 2nd Jun 2011, chris wrote:damsel fly eggs
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At 20:12 2nd Jun 2011, erica rocks wrote:mosquito eggs
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At 20:12 2nd Jun 2011, HRT wrote:Mayfly eggs
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At 20:12 2nd Jun 2011, katehumblessecretsmile wrote:I think its dragon fly larvae
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At 20:13 2nd Jun 2011, cal26 wrote:is it Mosquito eggs?
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At 20:13 2nd Jun 2011, goldyfinch wrote:mosquito eggs!
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At 20:13 2nd Jun 2011, gillh wrote:newt eggs?
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At 20:13 2nd Jun 2011, Cosper wosper wrote:Culex egg raft
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At 20:13 2nd Jun 2011, Alan the silkiebreeder wrote:They are insect eggs of some kind exactly what im not sure mayfly poss??
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At 20:13 2nd Jun 2011, The Churchers wrote:first we thought it was a waterboatman but now we think it is a mosquito's egg raft.
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At 20:13 2nd Jun 2011, ryjocl93 wrote:mosquito eggs definitely
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At 20:13 2nd Jun 2011, pwnedcraig wrote:dragonfly eggs
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At 20:13 2nd Jun 2011, falcinelle wrote:Mosquito eggs for sure.
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At 20:13 2nd Jun 2011, Waylander wrote:Definitely mosquito eggs.
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At 20:13 2nd Jun 2011, littleowl95 wrote:mosquito eggs
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At 20:13 2nd Jun 2011, Karen wrote:Mosquito eggs
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At 20:13 2nd Jun 2011, peregrinerhi wrote:Mosquito eggs!
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At 20:13 2nd Jun 2011, Ally and Matt Wenham wrote:We think they're midge eggs!
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At 20:13 2nd Jun 2011, Lesley wrote:Not a clue. Is it one thing or many clubbed together?
is it in fresh or salt water - not that i think that will help me.
as no sale hard to judge size.
I think it might be quite small
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At 20:14 2nd Jun 2011, julie molson wrote:mosquito eggs
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At 20:14 2nd Jun 2011, Billyweno wrote:Honey cones??/Wasps or Bees
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At 20:14 2nd Jun 2011, cdbaker wrote:Are they a spider's egg raft?
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At 20:14 2nd Jun 2011, claire wrote:we think they might be butterfly or moth eggs
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At 20:14 2nd Jun 2011, blueeyedjennywren wrote:mosquitto eggs
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At 20:14 2nd Jun 2011, Hannie wrote:Great Diving Beetle eggs, Im not sure...
~Hannie.
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At 20:14 2nd Jun 2011, mathie861 wrote:mosquito eggs!
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At 20:14 2nd Jun 2011, cbrdave wrote:Mosquito egg raft.
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At 20:14 2nd Jun 2011, Alex P wrote:Waterboatmen larvae?
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At 20:14 2nd Jun 2011, Cyderman55 wrote:These are mosquito eggs, which they lay in rafts on the surface of water.
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At 20:14 2nd Jun 2011, millie_cat wrote:my daughter is into entomology and she says there mosquito eggs you can tell by the white tips that are pointed
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At 20:14 2nd Jun 2011, foxy roxy wrote:dragon fly or fish eggs
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At 20:15 2nd Jun 2011, liam andrews 14 wrote:a grop of mosqito eggs
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At 20:15 2nd Jun 2011, martin walsh wrote:snail or slug
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At 20:15 2nd Jun 2011, Kt80 wrote:Definately Mosquito eggs!! Such clever annoying little things :-)
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At 20:15 2nd Jun 2011, Nickscribe wrote:A raft of Pond skater eggs, I think.
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At 20:15 2nd Jun 2011, skyofhoney wrote:Mosquito Egg Rafts
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At 20:15 2nd Jun 2011, Perrin Clan wrote:mosquito egg rafts
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At 20:15 2nd Jun 2011, Cook4472 wrote:I allotted myself some thinking time in the form of around 5 standard minutes and have come to the conclusion that the above eggs are the pre-hatched offspring of one our most famous cephalopods; The Squid.
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At 20:15 2nd Jun 2011, Barnowlcrazy wrote:I think it is Mosquito eggs
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At 20:15 2nd Jun 2011, Graham Powell wrote:They are Dragonfly eggs
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At 20:15 2nd Jun 2011, SuffolkLiz wrote:Posted twice in the wrong place. Haha, never mind. Mosquito eggs.
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At 20:15 2nd Jun 2011, SteveAllain wrote:Mosquito eggs, as people have suggested dragonfly and damselfly eggs, the female lays the eggs with her ovipositor below the water line so when the larvae hatch they are ready to consume other organisms and grow. I believe these are mosquito eggs as they are well known for laying them in rafts that float around on the water.
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At 20:16 2nd Jun 2011, tinkerbell wrote:mosquito egg raft !! i love this show!!
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At 20:16 2nd Jun 2011, Chrisl2463 wrote:Could they be mayfly eggs
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At 20:16 2nd Jun 2011, colouredkingfisher wrote:All this user's posts have been removed.Why?
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At 20:16 2nd Jun 2011, Cod47 wrote:Upside down woodlice!
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At 20:16 2nd Jun 2011, taffy222 wrote:They are mosquito egg rafts on water. We used to leave old bins full of water in the garden and would harvest the wriggling larvae to feed to our tropical fish.
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At 20:16 2nd Jun 2011, Trevor in Seaford wrote:we think they are a mosquito egg raft.
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At 20:16 2nd Jun 2011, Batty wrote:As my answer didn't post last night and everybody thinks it is Mosquito eggs (which I do too) I am going to say carpet underlay?
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At 20:16 2nd Jun 2011, fizzy cola wrote:kelisha johnson age 11 from hitchin herts : mosquito eggs raft
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At 20:16 2nd Jun 2011, MARION wrote:Is it a beaver?
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At 20:16 2nd Jun 2011, littleowl95 wrote:sorry forgot to put raft at the end
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At 20:17 2nd Jun 2011, Sparafugle wrote:Where does Chris get his T-shirts....they're cool.
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At 20:17 2nd Jun 2011, Chris wrote:Definitely Mosquito eggs, Culex pipiens
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At 20:17 2nd Jun 2011, Peenem wrote:Mosquito eggs raft
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At 20:17 2nd Jun 2011, Tamsin cox wrote:Midge or mosquito eggs in a pool formed in a tree.
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At 20:17 2nd Jun 2011, NaturalPoolie wrote:Pond Skater eggs
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At 20:17 2nd Jun 2011, Jude wrote:definitely mosquito eggs on their rafts
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At 20:17 2nd Jun 2011, Teresa wrote:I believe this is a picture of Mosquito eggs...
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At 20:17 2nd Jun 2011, Roadrunner wrote:Mosquito egg raft
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At 20:17 2nd Jun 2011, mike turton wrote:mossy egg raft
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At 20:17 2nd Jun 2011, Nicola Parker wrote:They are mosquito eggs.
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At 20:18 2nd Jun 2011, Sarah Dowling wrote:egg raft - mosquito
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At 20:18 2nd Jun 2011, becktrain wrote:Mosquito or moth eggs
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At 20:18 2nd Jun 2011, Adam Peet wrote:Mosquito Eggs
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At 20:18 2nd Jun 2011, Max11112 wrote:Mosquito Egg Raft !!!!!!
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At 20:18 2nd Jun 2011, GalacticSummer wrote:Definitly Mosquito Eggs - Where has Chris got his Red Admiral wing t-shirt from, I love it! :-)
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At 20:18 2nd Jun 2011, mickybird wrote:Yeah, I'm a bit late but I also think Mozzie eggs!!
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At 20:18 2nd Jun 2011, lisa coates wrote:Water Bug eggs ?
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At 20:18 2nd Jun 2011, wendysearle wrote:mosquito egg rafts
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At 20:18 2nd Jun 2011, 99flett wrote:Newt eggs
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At 20:18 2nd Jun 2011, Lovelykids wrote:Isabelle aged 7 and Declan aged 10 think mosquito eggs
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At 20:19 2nd Jun 2011, Bethany Large wrote:mosquito lavae
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At 20:19 2nd Jun 2011, DavidAllford wrote:Definitely mosquito / midge edges on water
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At 20:19 2nd Jun 2011, swarmy3 wrote:Gnat eggs! I'm not posh enough to pick mosquito eggs.
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At 20:19 2nd Jun 2011, Charlie Wheeler wrote:Mosquito Eggs
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At 20:19 2nd Jun 2011, skyofhoney wrote:Mosquito egg raft
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At 20:19 2nd Jun 2011, Rich_burnham wrote:I think its a slugs footprint?
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At 20:19 2nd Jun 2011, Emma wrote:Mosquito eggs or a far-fetched guess: fire ant eggs.
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At 20:19 2nd Jun 2011, judith mcgregor wrote:mayfly eggs
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