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Big-eyed toad bug

Gelastocoris oculatus

Photo by KarenL
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Field Notes

Description:

Big-eyed Toad Bugs are often found together in some numbers on the banks of streams, ponds, or lakes, where they use their raptorial forelegs to gray prey. For defense they rely on running, hopping, and cryptic coloration and markings.

Habitat:

Williamsport lakes, Tennessee.

Notes:

4 mm long.

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PublishedMarch 22, 2012

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