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Also learnt a lot about what level of drowning insects can survive - praying mantises and beetles seem to be able to float around indefinitely and emerge unscathed. Grasshoppers and wasps do worse but sometimes come back to life after a bit of recovery time. Moths and butterflies just die.
(became a temporary insect lifeguard to ease my guilt at having a swimming pool for the week, which has to be a terrible thing enviromentally, particularly as I couldn't get lights to turn off at night, increasing insect casualty rates massively)