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Ferocious Water Bug with Eggs

Abedus sp.

Description:

Aquatic bug with eggs. As GOODY pointed out, this is a "true bug" in the order hemiptera, NOT a beetle (order coleoptera).

Habitat:

Found in the riffle of a shallow, fast moving section of Delaware Creek, just below the low-water dam.

Notes:

Collected in a kick-net in 8 - 12 inches of water

No species ID suggestions

38 Comments (1–25)

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 3 months ago

WoW! Very Wonderful:)

Egyptflower
Egyptflower 8 months ago

So cool!

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 9 months ago

Awesome Luis!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 9 months ago

Great series

TKBotting
TKBotting 9 months ago

Fabulous shots!

BenjiSun
BenjiSun 10 months ago

wow! a great set of fantastic photos~

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 months ago

Wow, this is crazy, Greg! Incredible capture!

tibiprada
tibiprada a year ago

Fabulous ! :- 0

travellingchez
travellingchez a year ago

Great pic.

Renato Madzar
Renato Madzar a year ago

oh my god this is awesome!!

VivBraznell
VivBraznell a year ago

That is incredible!

EmilieChich
EmilieChich a year ago

Great pics, bravo!

Girinukas
Girinukas a year ago

Wonderful spotting

Leuba
Leuba a year ago

Excellent ! a bug that can live underwater - I thought it was a beetle. Fantastic photos Greg. The bug's got stabbing mouth parts.
thanks for the information about this bug Goody - this is why I like Project Noah- you learn something everyday....

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar a year ago

Great spotting a Learning lesson....
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2005/08/04/f...

alin
alin a year ago

Fantastic photos!

CourtneyVerk
CourtneyVerk a year ago

Great spotting!

Carolina
Carolina a year ago

WOW! So cool, Greg!

Longmustache
Longmustache a year ago

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!

GregMayberry
GregMayberry a year ago

Good catch, Goody! This is embarrassing, considering my passion for coleoptera!

Aaron_G
Aaron_G a year ago

One suggestion on this listing: replace the word "beetle" with "true bug" in the description. :-)

MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 a year ago

WOW - great photos, they actually made my skin crawl (and that isn't easy to do, since I love bugs!)...Wonderful information -

this is so amazing looking bug - thanks for sharing

TahitiaMorin
TahitiaMorin a year ago

Great photo! And great information Goody!

GregMayberry
GregMayberry a year ago

Goody - Thank you SO much for the information! I wondered why the difference in appearance in the eggs. I thought maybe a batch of fertile and a batch of infertile. Didn't think about them being in various stages. I appreciate your input!

Oklahoma, USA

Lat: 34.41, Long: -96.54

Spotted on Jun 9, 2011
Submitted on Jan 2, 2012

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