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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) » Nepoidea » Waterscorpions (Nepidae) » Ranatra » Brown Waterscorpion (Ranatra fusca)
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What the heck is this???? - Ranatra fusca
Copyright © 2008 Steven Price

What the heck is this???? - Ranatra fusca
Devens, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
June 30, 2008
Size: almost 4 inches
This photo is the same photo as previous with the contrast enhanced. See remarks in previous photos.

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What the heck is this???? - Ranatra fusca What the heck is this???? - Ranatra fusca
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Contributed by Steven Price on 1 July, 2008 - 6:40am
Last updated 26 March, 2009 - 3:55pm

Moved
Moved from Ranatra.
… v belov, 26 March, 2009 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… john and jane balaban, 25 July, 2008 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

You can pick them up by the "
You can pick them up by the "tail" (actually a breathing tube) and you will be fine. I do it all the time. They are not aggressive but if provoked, they will bite.
… bulrush, 1 July, 2008 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

Water Scorpion
This lovely fellow is a water scorpion. Ranatra sp. They do have an unpleasant bite.
… Jerrod Johnson, 1 July, 2008 - 9:34am login or register to post comments

 
Cool
Thank you. I knew there was a reason I didn't grab him ;-)
… Steven Price, 1 July, 2008 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

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