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found on garage floor - Lethocerus americanus
Copyright © 2014 Kurt Eise

found on garage floor - Lethocerus americanus
Monroe, Orange County, New York, USA
November 11, 2014
Size: apx 6 cm
large bug moving slowly. Image captured by home owner and bug released. Image submitted with permission.

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found on garage floor - Lethocerus americanus found on garage floor - Lethocerus americanus
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Contributed by A.D.Levine on 13 November, 2014 - 6:39am
Last updated 14 November, 2014 - 12:59pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 14 November, 2014 - 12:59pm login or register to post comments

Lethocerus
This is Lethocerus americanus OR L. uhleri. Would need to see the venter of the abdomen for better ID.
… J. H. Epler, 13 November, 2014 - 9:07am login or register to post comments

 
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P1000586_DxO (1).jpg does this help
… A.D.Levine, 13 November, 2014 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Lethocerus americanus
Cool - its left hind leg is in just the right position to see that the appressed pubescence of the first paratergite reaches the anterior margin - making it L. americanus.
… J. H. Epler, 14 November, 2014 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

Giant Water Bug
Maybe this one:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 13 November, 2014 - 6:52am login or register to post comments

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