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Giant Water Bug (Lethocerus americanus)
Photo#1019169
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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Contributed by
A.D.Levine
on 13 November, 2014 - 6:39am
Last updated 14 November, 2014 - 12:59pm
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 14 November, 2014 - 12:59pm
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Lethocerus
This is Lethocerus americanus OR L. uhleri. Would need to see the venter of the abdomen for better ID.
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J. H. Epler
, 13 November, 2014 - 9:07am
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P1000586_DxO (1).jpg does thi
P1000586_DxO (1).jpg does this help
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A.D.Levine
, 13 November, 2014 - 6:31pm
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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.
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J. H. Epler
, 14 November, 2014 - 9:08am
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Giant Water Bug
Maybe this one:
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 13 November, 2014 - 6:52am
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