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Appasus japonicus
The Japanese water bug (ko-oi-mushi in Japanese, literally "child bearing bug") lives in shallow clean waters, including rice paddies, however they have disappeared drastically. The male water bug carries the eggs on his back until they hatch.
Clean and shallow fresh water ponds and rice paddies in Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and parts of China.
Spotted on Jun 16, 2012
Submitted on Jun 26, 2012
6 Comments
WOW!!!!!! FASCINATING!!!
Love this.. thanks for sharing !
Awesome spot!
Interesting. I did not know they could take them out of the water. You might consider adding this to the Brooding behavior in insects mission.
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8176...
Very cool.
Cool! I didn't know that some bugs carry their eggs around. They must be great parents! :D