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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) » Water Treaders (Mesoveliidae) » Mesovelia » Mulsant's Water Treader (Mesovelia mulsanti)
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Water Treader - Mesovelia mulsanti
Copyright © 2008 Stephen Luk

Water Treader - Mesovelia mulsanti
Phyllis Rawlinson Park, Richmond Hill (N43º55'25.2"W079º23'54.5"elev.209m), York Region, Ontario, Canada
June 18, 2008
Size: 3.5 mm
Scooped from pond edge. Winged individuals are apparently rare, but in the population that I sampled, at least a quarter are winged. This individual has parasitic mites. They eventually grew so large that I had to remove them from the bug, which was showing obvious symptoms of debilitation.

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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 24 June, 2008 - 11:37am
Last updated 1 August, 2008 - 3:40pm

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