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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) » Ochteroidea » Toad Bugs (Gelastocoridae) » Gelastocoris » Big-Eyed Toad Bug (Gelastocoris oculatus)
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Hopping Water Insect - Gelastocoris oculatus
Copyright © 2019 B. Reynolds

Hopping Water Insect - Gelastocoris oculatus
Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia, USA
May 29, 2019
Size: 2-3mm
Sorry for the low-quality photo, I was chasing this thing across the beach trying to get one.

A little water bug met at the edge of Sutton Lake, one of several. It was comfortable in the water and on land, but moved by hopping around. Fairly capable as a swimmer as well. The weather was overcast but warm, and the water level was uncommonly high.

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Contributed by B. Reynolds on 30 May, 2019 - 1:58pm

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 May, 2019 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

Toad Bug
Looks like the first BugGuide image for West Virginia if I have my states correct.
Images here.
… cwmelton, 30 May, 2019 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Oh wow! I didn't realize we had state pages. Thank you so much!
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