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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) » Nepoidea » Giant Water Bugs (Belostomatidae) » Lethocerinae » Lethocerus » Uhler's Water Bug (Lethocerus uhleri)
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Giant Water Bug - Lethocerus uhleri - female
Copyright © 2016 Robert Lord Zimlich

Giant Water Bug - Lethocerus uhleri - Female
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
March 28, 2016
Size: 55mm
I'm guessing something in Lethocerus, but actually they all look alike to me. Whatever it turns out to be, it's my first Giant Water Bug
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 28 March, 2016 - 11:27pm
Last updated 13 May, 2016 - 12:35pm

Moved to Lethocerus uhleri
Moved from Lethocerus.

Thanks, Brad. I wish we had such detailed descriptions and keys for everything. I still have this specimen, and was able to key out.
Bob
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 31 March, 2016 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed
And I also wish it was easier to insert keys into our guide pages. I've done several but I'm never quite satisfied with the formatting.
… Brad Barnd, 31 March, 2016 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Keys
I screen capture a key, and run in OCR proggie, then add BBC markup and links, like so:

1   Fore femur without median grooves on anterior surface …................ L. griseus
1'  Fore femur with median grooves on anterior surface into which tibia fits ….... 2
2   Venter of abdomen with 2 longitudinal, reddish-brown stripes (rare) .. L. Annulipes
2'   Venter of abdomen without stripes: common ….... 3
3    Width of space between eyes about 3/4 of width of one eye .......... L. uhleri
3'   Width of space between eyes about equal to width of one eye ....... L. americanus
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 2 April, 2016 - 5:19am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Giant Water Bugs.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 30 March, 2016 - 11:36pm login or register to post comments

my guess is L. uhleri
but B. griseus is also possible; Epler (1) has some great photos for telling the species apart
… Brad Barnd, 29 March, 2016 - 12:23am login or register to post comments

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