DESCRIPTION:
Translation word for word: " Sleeping Cocoon ".
The " Kokun drumi " has two long legs that are used as flippers for
very fast swimming maneuvers.
Her back is very smooth ( a white soft casket ) which make fast gliding easy.
This Water-insect has two large black eyes, four other legs that are hardly used.
She use these legs sometimes to make skraching movement, but 90% of time are
all put together on the body.
The longer pair ( Flippers ) are being used constantly for swimming and
when she is not swimming, the flippers will stay stretched open.
The " Sleeping Cocoon " thing is this: the insect stays always on it's back swimming.
CHARACTERISTICS:
It's colour is black and beige. The paterns ( in beige ) almost copy the
insigne of the " Bichi kandela ".
The " Kokun drumi " doesn't come completely on the surface of the water.
She stays 3 cm from the surface to catch some light and swim back deeper.
The lenght of this water-insect is 11 mm head to rear.
Nature in picture