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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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mating backswimmers - Notonecta kirbyi - male - female
Copyright © 2010 Lynette Elliott

mating backswimmers - Notonecta kirbyi - Male Female
frog pond, Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
April 25, 2010
Size: around 12 mm
Well, just like Eric's book says I got these mixed up at the pond and told Linda they were water boatmen. My problem is that I call them all water boatmen and always seem to forget that backswimmers exist. These were definitely swimming on their backs. I did handle them gently... and didn't get bit.

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 27 April, 2010 - 3:40pm
Last updated 4 December, 2010 - 5:57pm

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