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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Aquatic Bugs (Nepomorpha) » Notonectoidea » Backswimmers (Notonectidae) » Notonecta » subgenus Paranecta (Notonecta subgenus Paranecta) » Notonecta kirbyi
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Backswimmer? - Notonecta kirbyi
Copyright © 2008 Sally King

Backswimmer? - Notonecta kirbyi
Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos County, New Mexico, USA
September 25, 2008

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Backswimmer? - Notonecta kirbyi Backswimmer? - Notonecta kirbyi
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Contributed by Sally King on 11 November, 2008 - 5:03pm
Last updated 1 December, 2010 - 11:25pm

Moved
Moved from Notonecta lobata.

Sorry for the double-move. I had some trouble with the tagging.
… Brady Richards, 1 December, 2010 - 11:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Notonecta.
… Brady Richards, 1 December, 2010 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

Backswimmer?
Bingo. I wish I could ID this notonectid down further for you...
… Joe, 13 November, 2008 - 12:02am login or register to post comments

 
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Looks like N. kirbyi to me.
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