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Photo#283166
Backswimmer - Notonecta

Backswimmer - Notonecta
Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
June 2, 2009
I think that this is a Water Boatmen (Corixidae) but I don't see any other images with a specimen with similar markings.

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Moved
Moved from Notonecta indica.

from Dr. John H. Epler:
"I can not be positive without seeing the genitalia, but it looks like Notonecta indica."

Moved from Notonecta.

not Corixidae! this is a Notonecta
please don't place your pix in the guide based on unreliable IDs. this misleads others users and may perpetuate grave errors.

Moved from Water Boatmen.

 
To be more specific,
this appears to be Notonecta undulata.

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