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Giant Water Bug

Nepomorpha

Description:

Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) Class Insecta (Insects) Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies) Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs) Infraorder Nepomorpha (Aquatic Bugs) Superfamily Nepoidea Family Belostomatidae (Giant Water Bugs) Subfamily Lethocerinae Genus Lethocerus Species americanus (Giant Water Bug)

Habitat:

Ponds and shallow margins of lakes containing submerged or emergent vegetation Damp moist areas.

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TNCC
Spotted by a stud ent at TNCC

Hampton City, Virginia, USA

Spotted on Sep 7, 2014
Submitted on Oct 29, 2014

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