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Waterstrider - Aquarius
Copyright © 2008 Roland Barth

Waterstrider - Aquarius
Fontenelle Forest , Sarpy County, Nebraska, USA
October 7, 2008
Help with ID please. My guess - based on other BugGuide images - Aquarius remigis. Thanks
Contributed by Roland Barth on 7 October, 2008 - 2:36pm
Last updated 5 November, 2008 - 2:40pm

Probably.
Size would help. A. remigis is far and away the largest of the water striders.
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 November, 2008 - 2:39pm

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