#3996 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
lake pondskater
🇳🇱 Grote schaatsenrijder ·Aquarius paludum
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Ommen, Nederland
📍 Nieuwe Niedorp, Netherlands
📍 8302 AE Emmeloord, Nederland
📍 5032 PJ Tilburg, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © ken · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © Konstantin Grebennikov · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Konstantin Grebennikov · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Konstantin Grebennikov · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © Konstantin Grebennikov · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Ommen, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Nieuwe Niedorp, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 8302 AE Emmeloord, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 5032 PJ Tilburg, Nederland:© Wendy de Beer · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Aquarius paludum is a species of pond skater in the family Gerridae. It was described in 1794 by Johan Christian Fabricius.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 151 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 10,290 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- lake pondskater
- Nederlands
- Grote schaatsenrijder
- scientific name
- Aquarius paludum
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Gerridae
- sightings in NL
- 151
- sightings in Europe
- 5,208
- sightings worldwide
- 10,290
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,342
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 360902, Wikidata Q10416510, GBIF 5866108, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.