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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Gerromorpha » Broad-shouldered Water Striders (Veliidae) » Microvelia
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Yay! More Hebridae! (I think) - Microvelia
Copyright © 2007 Graham Montgomery

Yay! More Hebridae! (I think) - Microvelia
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
February 27, 2007
Size: ~2-3 mm

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Yay! More Hebridae! (I think) - Microvelia Yay! More Hebridae! (I think) - Microvelia
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 28 February, 2007 - 7:25pm
Last updated 5 February, 2008 - 5:31pm

Moved
Moved from Lipogomphus brevis.
… john and jane balaban, 5 February, 2008 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

Veliidae: Microvelia sp.
See comments under Joe's contribution.
… Donald S. Chandler, 7 January, 2008 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Velvet Water Bugs.
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 7 May, 2007 - 9:11pm login or register to post comments

Wow! These bugs are pretty ne
Wow! These bugs are pretty neat little creatures. : ) I am not familiar with Hebrids, what parts of the country do they live in?

It looks like that one has a little friend beside him.
… Crystal Maier, 28 February, 2007 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

 
All over the east
Four species are found in New Hampshire, and all of these should occur in Virginia, but they are pond species, not stream/river species.
… Donald S. Chandler, 1 March, 2007 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

Hebridae
Yes.
… Donald S. Chandler, 28 February, 2007 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

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