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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Branchiopods (Branchiopoda) » Tadpole Shrimp (Notostraca) » Triopsidae » Lepidurus
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The Unknown Bug In The Water - Lepidurus
Copyright © 2008 the prowler

The Unknown Bug In The Water - Lepidurus
Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho, USA
June 28, 2008
Size: in. wide 2 in. long
These were in a pond near our home. The grandkids pointed them out and asked what they were. I didn't have a answer for them and could not find one. Hope you can help. The pond dries up during the winter.
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Contributed by the prowler on 19 July, 2008 - 7:41pm
Last updated 1 February, 2015 - 2:38pm

Moved
Moved from Triops.

The large supra-anal plate (paddle-like projection between the "tails") is not found in Triops.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 February, 2015 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bug-like Creatures Not Covered By BugGuide. Please see the discussion here regarding the newly expanded scope of BugGuide.
… Charley Eiseman, 9 November, 2009 - 1:32am login or register to post comments

Triop
Some sort of triop, a crustacean. Probably species Triops longicaudatus.
… Jason D. Roberts, 19 July, 2008 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

 
"Tadpole shrimp."
They are known more commonly as "tadpole shrimp." Someone was asking when we would get one of these into the guide, but I can't recall who....
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 July, 2008 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Triops
Would triops be appropriate for the BugGuide? I only discovered them this year as well, in a vernal pool in the Sonoran Desert, and now am quite smitten with them.
… Ken O'Brien, 21 January, 2009 - 8:46am login or register to post comments

 
NO
See the title of this section "Bug-like Creatures Not Covered By BugGuide". It is a FEW example images of things we currently DO NOT want people to submit.
… John R. Maxwell, 21 January, 2009 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

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