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Copyright © 2008 Matt Edmonds

Nertha - Nerthra fuscipes

Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
July 15, 2008
Size: .25 inch

I found this guy on the street. Can anyone ID him and tell me the proper habitat to release him in?
Thanks!

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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 15 July, 2008 - 1:50pm
Last updated 5 June, 2014 - 5:12pm

Moved tentatively...

...based on(1) -- i'll ask Dr Epler, the A. of the key, to check.

Moved from Nerthra.

… v belov, 1 February, 2010 - 9:14am

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Thanks

everyone for your help and comments!
I'll move it to the Nertha page.

… Matt Edmonds, 16 July, 2008 - 5:01pm

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Nerthra

Yeah, this is Nerthra. See Slater & Baranowski's How to Know True Bugs for comparison between the two genera. Furthermore, 3 of the 5 Nearctic species (including N. martini) are strictly southwestern. This is possibly N. stygica but I'm not sure which of the other 3 species is southeastern.

… drswanny, 15 July, 2008 - 4:42pm

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i suspect it's Nerthra --

a Toad Bug. Anyway -- A VERY NICE FIND! and nicely shot, too. They patrol shorelines

… v belov, 15 July, 2008 - 2:23pm

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Thanks V

I think he is really cool too!

I see that there are no images in the guide for Nertha, so I'm hesitant to move it. I'm not an expert.

Thank you for the quick ID. I'm sure it is in the family that Nertha is in, so I'll let him go at a body of water.

… Matt Edmonds, 15 July, 2008 - 2:39pm

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can you keep the specimen? or is it against your policy?

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… v belov, 15 July, 2008 - 2:50pm

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Unless I was sure I could keep him alive....and I'm not, I'll let him go.

… Matt Edmonds, 15 July, 2008 - 3:05pm

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thanks anyway! it was a real treat to see it--

never saw one, dead or alive

… v belov, 15 July, 2008 - 3:11pm

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Wow...

That bug looks like a living fossil!

… Scott Justis, 15 July, 2008 - 3:39pm

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the lineage indeed goes back well into the Jurassic...

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… v belov, 15 July, 2008 - 3:46pm

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