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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

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Upcoming Events

National Moth Week was July 19-27, and the Summer 2025 gathering in Louisiana, July 19-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Genus Lethocerus

Giant Water Bug · Lethocerus medius · Uhler's Water Bug

Species Lethocerus americanus - Giant Water Bug
Giant Water Bug - Lethocerus americanus Large beetle with red markings - Lethocerus americanus Anica's large desert beetle Face - Lethocerus americanus Giant Water Bug - Lethocerus americanus Lethocerus americanus Lethocerus americanus molt - Lethocerus americanus Belostomatidae - Lethocerus americanus Belostomatidae: Lethocerus americanus? - Lethocerus americanus

Species Lethocerus medius
Big brown bug - Arizona Chiricahua Mountain - Lethocerus medius Lethocerus? - Lethocerus medius Giant Water Bug? - Lethocerus medius Lethocerus medius? - Lethocerus medius Lethocerus medius? - Lethocerus medius Lethocerus medius? - Lethocerus medius Arizona True Bug - Lethocerus medius Lethocerus medius? - Lethocerus medius

Species Lethocerus uhleri - Uhler's Water Bug
Giant Water Bug - Lethocerus uhleri Giant Water Bug - Lethocerus americanus - Lethocerus uhleri Large beetle - Lethocerus uhleri Giant Water Bug - Lethocerus uhleri Strange Insect - Lethocerus uhleri Giant Water Bug - Lethocerus uhleri Giant Water Bug - Lethocerus uhleri Lethocerus uhleri


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