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Family Veliidae - Broad-shouldered Water Striders

Broad-shouldered Water Striders (Veliidae)

Broad-shouldered Water Strider

Broad-shouldered Water Strider

8007545 - male - female

Water Strider (Microvelia)?

Ripple Bug (Microvelia americana)

Tiny Water Bugs

Minute (< 1 mm) aquatic surface something. A beetle?

Broad-shouldered Water Striders (Veliidae) » Rhagovelia

Rhagovelia sp. - Rhagovelia

Rhagovelia sp. - Rhagovelia

Rhagovelia sp. - Rhagovelia

Rhagovelia sp. - Rhagovelia

Rhagovelia sp. - Rhagovelia

1284922 - Rhagovelia - male - female

Broad-shouldered Water Striders (Veliidae) » Rhagovelia » Rhagovelia obesa

Riffle Bugs - Rhagovelia obesa - male - female

Veliidae: Rhagovelia obesa - Rhagovelia obesa

Water Insects 9278 - Rhagovelia obesa

Water Insects 9278 - Rhagovelia obesa

Broad-shouldered Water Striders (Veliidae) » Trochopus » Trochopus plumbeus

Marine Water Strider - Trochopus plumbeus - male - female

Marine Water Strider - Trochopus plumbeus - male - female

Broad-shouldered Water Striders (Veliidae) » Microvelia

Mesovelia sp. - Microvelia

Bug - Microvelia

Aquatic Bug - Microvelia

Broad-shouldered Water Strider - Microvelia

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