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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha) » Water Treaders (Mesoveliidae) » Mesovelia
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Unknown - Mesovelia
Copyright © 2014 Alain Hogue

Unknown - Mesovelia
Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada
August 11, 2013

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Unknown - Mesovelia Where it land ! - Mesovelia
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Contributed by Alain Hogue on 16 October, 2014 - 7:07pm
Last updated 3 March, 2015 - 2:39am

Moved
Moved from Semiaquatic Bugs.
… v belov, 3 March, 2015 - 2:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 November, 2014 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

Reminds me of Mesovelia...


...but I'm not seeing any in the Guide with wing pads like yours. I'll be interested in seeing where this lands.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 16 October, 2014 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Our little guy (bottom right
Our little guy (bottom right corner) was with other friends on a water plant on the banks of the Chateauguay River (Quebec)
… Alain Hogue, 16 October, 2014 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like...
a Water Strider (Gerridae) to the left, and Mesovelia above. I'm still not quite sure about the little guy (although Mesovelia still seems most likely to me).
… Ken Wolgemuth, 16 October, 2014 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

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