It was rather warm and humid this afternoon and I wondered if I could summon the courage to get in the pool which was 23.5C. Unfortunately I had been beaten to it. There were dozens of flying insects in there which looked to me something between a wasp and a bee. Similar size. I scooped lots of them out and they didn’t get excited but there were too many and I think some were returning. I wonder what they were.
One of these? Would be appropriate!
You should get a wild pond instead 16c in mine today and not a single bug was removed while I netted some leaves. 
Felt really good too. 
I don’t think so. I’ll try to get a photograph.
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Felt really good too.
[/quote]I’m getting soft in my old age. 25C is about the minimum for me!
22 is about max here and I can swim, swiftly, down to zero, but not if there is ice on the surface. That is dangerous, the cold could deaden feeling and a cut might go unnoticed until the spreading red surface gave it away. Not good if you are already on thinners. 
No matter what the temp though I never dive or jump, lowered in gently to just over waist depth I then spend a few minutes moving my wet hands over the upper body. Forewarned, the heart doesn’t panic and throw a dickyfit.
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Pic of one our visitors. Claude tells me it’s a bee.
It seems that there is only one pair of wings? If so it’s a fly. Possibly a hover fly
Have a look at its mouthparts. If theres a long (2 mm) bitey bit then its a form of horsefly. We often got them in our pool.
Yes - just one pair of wings. I forgot to check the mouth. None in the pool today so I think they were tourists.
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