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Nepidae sp.
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Class Insecta (Insects) Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies) Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs) Infraorder Nepomorpha (Aquatic Bugs) Superfamily Nepoidea Family Nepidae (Waterscorpions)
Slow moving streams, ponds and similar bodies of water
Residents of the people believe that this insect bites and can cripple people, well it would be good to corroborate this.
Spotted on Dec 31, 2011
Submitted on Jan 10, 2012
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