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Water-scorpion

Nepidae sp.

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5.08335, -73.5241

Field Notes

Description:

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Nepomorpha (Aquatic Bugs)
Superfamily Nepoidea
Family Nepidae (Waterscorpions)

Habitat:

Slow moving streams, ponds and similar bodies of water

Notes:

Residents of the people believe that this insect bites and can cripple people, well it would be good to corroborate this.

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Water Scorpions

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