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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) » Corixoidea » Micronectidae » Micronecta » Micronecta ludibunda
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Possibly Micronecta ludibunda nymph - Micronecta ludibunda
Copyright © 2017 Susan Leach Snyder

Possibly Micronecta ludibunda nymph - Micronecta ludibunda
Naples , Collier County, Florida, USA
January 11, 2017
Size: 2 mm
This individual was captured in a net sample in a freshwater marsh.

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Possibly Micronecta ludibunda nymph - Micronecta ludibunda Possibly Micronecta ludibunda nymph - Micronecta ludibunda
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Contributed by Susan Leach Snyder on 28 January, 2017 - 8:51am
Last updated 22 February, 2017 - 2:18pm

Moved
Moved from Water Boatmen.
… v belov, 22 February, 2017 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

most likely Micronecta ludibunda
… J. H. Epler, 22 February, 2017 - 1:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks very much.
Before submitting these photos to BugGuide.net, I used your online manual to "key it out." I thought it was Micronecta ludibunda, but wanted an expert to look at it. I had no idea that you would be that expert. Having your confirmation is much appreciated.
… Susan Leach Snyder, 22 February, 2017 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

 
also
had a look at the small gerrid you posted - a Rheumatobates. Nifty critters!
… J. H. Epler, 22 February, 2017 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, they
sure are. I found them in a freshwater marsh in a gopher tortoise preserve in an urban area of Naples, FL.
… Susan Leach Snyder, 22 February, 2017 - 3:27pm login or register to post comments

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