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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
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giant water beetle - Lethocerus
Copyright © 2018 thuya

giant water beetle - Lethocerus
Northeast Harbor, MDI, Hancock County, Maine, USA
June 7, 2018
Size: about 2"
Lethocerus sp? A formidable thing to find in our little pond. Scooped it out just long enough to take a pic.
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Contributed by thuya on 14 September, 2018 - 4:25pm
Last updated 30 October, 2020 - 8:36am

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… Matthew Pintar, 30 October, 2020 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

giant water beetle
Looks to be a "giant water BUG", family Belostomatidae, a true bug (order: hemiptera), they can swim, fly and bite! AKA "Toe-Biters"!
… Penny , 14 September, 2018 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

 
As slow as I type, it is stil
As slow as I type, it is still faster than my thinking. What makes it even dumber is that I had to go to Hemiptera in the book to find the bug. Thanks.
… thuya, 15 September, 2018 - 6:55am login or register to post comments

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