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Giant Water Bug
Nepomorpha
37.043, -76.3404
Field Notes
Description:
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Nepomorpha (Aquatic Bugs)
Superfamily Nepoidea
Family Belostomatidae (Giant Water Bugs)
Subfamily Lethocerinae
Genus Lethocerus
Species americanus (Giant Water Bug)
Habitat:
Ponds and shallow margins of lakes containing submerged or emergent vegetation Damp moist areas.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 29, 2014
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