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Giant Water Bug

Lethocerus americanus

Description:

Found under a streetlight

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3 Comments

MrsPbio
MrsPbio 11 years ago

They are nicknamed "toe-biters" for that reason !

theham
theham 11 years ago

I was pretty careful because they can give pretty painful bites!!

Oh... WOW!!! I found a water bug, it was so hyper I could not touch it...too frighten to touch it.. : (

theham
Spotted by
theham

State College, Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on Oct 21, 2012
Submitted on Dec 23, 2012

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