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Backswimmer

Description:

Backswimmer with prey. Backswimmers are predators and attack prey as large as tadpoles and small fish, and can inflict a painful "bite" on a human being (actually, similar to a mosquito "bite", it is a stab with their tubular mouthpart).

Habitat:

Ponds.

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LuisStevens
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LuisStevens

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Spotted on Nov 17, 2013
Submitted on Nov 18, 2013

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