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Water Scorpion

Nepidae

Photo by Darvesh
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

looks like a cockroach, with a long tail antenna, and large forceps.

Habitat:

Found swimming in, some 3' of water height, on my newly constructed terrace.

Notes:

The creature is immersed, in water in all the pics. [ Sorry, for the poor image quality ]

Species ID Suggestions

Water Scorpion

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Comments (1)
Darvesh
oh really, this thing has a name !!, i was worried about, that what the hell is this......................hahahhahahahahaa.........!!! Thanks for the name :-)

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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PublishedMay 6, 2011

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