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Water scorpion

Curicta scorpio

Photo by swampmelissa
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Field Notes

Description:

Possible Belostomatidae?
Ok rethinking, possibly a second water scorpion species??? Thanks for everyones help, we found a few of these!

Species ID Suggestions

Water scorpion

Curicta scorpio
marc.weller
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Waterscorpion

Curicta howardi

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LivanEscudero
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Comments (2)
LivanEscudero
The reason that I made the above suggestion down to species is because acording to bugguide, there are only 2 species of Curicta in the US and the other (pronotata) "is one of the rarest waterscorpion species in the United States, known only from 3 canyons in Arizona." - comment by Eric Maxwell

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