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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha) » Hebroidea » Velvet Water Bugs (Hebridae) » Hebrus » Hebrus burmeisteri
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Velvet Water Bug - Hebrus burmeisteri
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Velvet Water Bug - Hebrus burmeisteri
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
January 13, 2008
Size: about 1.5-2mm
Found walking around on the ice of a frozen swamp.

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Contributed by tom murray on 13 January, 2008 - 6:59pm
Last updated 20 January, 2008 - 4:14pm

Thanks Don
I'll have to look for more Hebridae this spring.
… tom murray, 20 January, 2008 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

Hebrus burmeisteri
fits best.
… Donald S. Chandler, 20 January, 2008 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

Hebridae: Hebrus sp.
Yes, it is. Nice photo. If you still have it, save for me. I can give the species ident a go.
… Donald S. Chandler, 13 January, 2008 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

 
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I wouldn't have known what family it belonged to, except for the resemblance to your recent photo.
… tom murray, 13 January, 2008 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

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