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Giant Water Bug (Toe Biter) - Lethocerus americanus

Giant Water Bug (Toe Biter) - Lethocerus americanus
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
April 20, 2008
Size: ~ 50 mm.
Found this at the parking lot outside the Montreal Insectarium.

hmmph - didn't move the first time
Moved from Lethocerus.

Moved
This is L. americanus.

Moved from Lethocerus.

Moved
Moved from Lethocerus.

Toe biter
Genus Lethocerus in the Belostomatidae.

 
Toe Biter
Many thanks

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