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we have them in our pool. At first we thought they were mini penguins or somthing but your describion is perfect. They have mini flippers and we are kean to know what they are too.

from mr knog i have them in my pool and i have been looking them up for ages

after a lot of time on the net i have found out that they are called

water boatman

i hope u find this information usefull

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mr and miss wertles

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The Corixa punctata it is also known as the lesser water boatman.

An insect of order Hemiptera. It always looks as if it is under the surface of the water, but is actaully swimming on the surface

More information is available on the link below.

The arthropod daphnia, (water flea) is not as described in the question

the source:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphnia, shows a very different insect

so does:- http://www.encyclopedia.com/beta/doc/1B1-382389.html

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