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Eastern toe biter, deceased, bottom - Lethocerus griseus
Copyright © 2007 Elissa Malcohn

Eastern toe biter, deceased, bottom - Lethocerus griseus
Beverly Hills, Citrus County, Florida, USA
Size: 60-65 mm
Mary found this corpse outside our local supermarket several years ago and has kept it in an large, emptied parsley bottle ever since. She marked the bottle, "Nov.-Dec. 2003." We finally remembered to try for an ID. I first mis-identified this as Lethocerus americanus, then realized the eye shape and the "fur" around the eye makes this griseus. Is missing front legs and some other bits.

Images of this individual: tag all
Eastern toe biter, deceased, with ruler - Lethocerus griseus Eastern toe biter, deceased, head shot front - Lethocerus griseus Eastern toe biter, deceased, head shot side - Lethocerus griseus Eastern toe biter, deceased, side - Lethocerus griseus Eastern toe biter, deceased, bottom - Lethocerus griseus
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Contributed by Elissa Malcohn on 16 May, 2007 - 2:27pm

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Moved from Giant Water Bug.
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