Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

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

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
Taxonomy
Browse
InfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha) » Gerroidea » Water Striders (Gerridae)

Family Gerridae - Water Striders

Gerrinae · Trepobatinae · Halobates · Rheumatobates

Subfamily Gerrinae
Puddle strider - Gerris Water Strider - Gerris Water strider - Aquarius remigis Gerridae? Aquarius? - Aquarius remigis Unknown Water Strider - Limnoporus water strider_Gerris Male, Aquarius remigis? - Aquarius remigis - male Gerris on riparian pond - Gerris incurvatus

Subfamily Trepobatinae
Trepobate Water Strider? - Trepobates subnitidus 8016657 Gerridae - Metrobates hesperius Trepobates Water Strider - Trepobates subnitidus Metrobates hesperius? - Metrobates hesperius strange, aqautic insect - Trepobates subnitidus Trepobates carri - male Metrobates artus - female

Genus Halobates
Sea strider - Halobates Sea strider - Halobates Sea strider - Halobates Halobates sericeus (Eschs.) - Halobates sericeus - male shore bug - Halobates micans Gift from the wind - Halobates micans

Genus Rheumatobates
Rheumatobates - female Gerridae - Water Striders Genus Rheumatobates - Rheumatobates - male Unknown Gerridae - Rheumatobates Unknown Gerridae - Rheumatobates Rheumatobates tenuipes - male Rheumatobates palosi - male Rheumatobates palosi - male Rheumatobates palosi - male


Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact