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Brown Waterscorpion - Ranatra fusca
Copyright © 2001 Stephen Luk

Brown Waterscorpion - Ranatra fusca
Irondale, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada
September 22, 2001
Size: 39 mm
Size is length excluding breathing tube. A recently remounted, fully spread specimen from my old collection. I do not know what happened to the left rear leg.
How these bugs manage to swim OR fly always amazes me!

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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 12 July, 2007 - 8:15pm

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