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Water Scorpion (Ranatra sp.) - Ranatra quadridentata
Copyright © 2008 Robert A. Behrstock

Water Scorpion (Ranatra sp.) - Ranatra quadridentata
Sierra Vista, Fort Huachuca, Upper Garden Canyon picnic area, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
July 19, 2007

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Contributed by Robert A. Behrstock on 6 February, 2008 - 11:19pm
Last updated 26 March, 2009 - 3:35pm

Ranatra quadridentata Stål 1862
Moved from Ranatra.
… v belov, 26 March, 2009 - 3:35pm

Ranatra quadridentata
Great photograph! This is Ranatra quadridentata, Arizona's most common waterscorpion and the only one in this genus in southern Arizona.
… Eric C. Maxwell, 20 July, 2008 - 8:15pm

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