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Very Large Bug Found in Spagnum Bog, West Virginia - Belostoma
Copyright © 2003 Stephen Cresswell

Very Large Bug Found in Spagnum Bog, West Virginia - Belostoma
Dolly Sods Wilderness, West Virginia, USA
September 6, 2003
Found this very large bug resting on sphagnum moss. Nearby were several ponds. I did attempt some book work on this but just couldn't seem to find any matches.
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Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 19 August, 2004 - 6:31am
Last updated 2 May, 2005 - 3:33am

Looks like one of the Belosto
Looks like one of the Belostoma species to me (Giant Water Bugs, Family Belostomatidae, Hemiptera).

Peter May
http://www.stetson.edu/~pmay/
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