found on garage floor - Lethocerus americanus

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found on garage floor - Lethocerus americanus

Monroe, Orange County, New York, USA
November 11, 2014
Size: apx 6 cm

large bug moving slowly. Image captured by home owner and bug released. Image submitted with permission.

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found on garage floor - Lethocerus americanus

Contributed by A.D.Levine on 13 November, 2014 - 6:39am
Last updated 14 November, 2014 - 12:59pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 14 November, 2014 - 12:59pm

Lethocerus

This is Lethocerus americanus OR L. uhleri. Would need to see the venter of the abdomen for better ID.

… J. H. Epler, 13 November, 2014 - 9:07am

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P1000586_DxO (1).jpg does this help

… A.D.Levine, 13 November, 2014 - 6:31pm

Lethocerus americanus

Cool - its left hind leg is in just the right position to see that the appressed pubescence of the first paratergite reaches the anterior margin - making it L. americanus.

… J. H. Epler, 14 November, 2014 - 9:08am

Giant Water Bug

Maybe this one:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 13 November, 2014 - 6:52am

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