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Giant Water Bug (Lethocerus americanus)
Photo#255079
Copyright © 2009
Arlo Pelegrin
Lethocerus americanus teneral -
Lethocerus americanus
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, USA
September 1, 2006
Size: 90mm
This one molted in my aquarium. The yellow coloration darkened to subfusc after a couple of hours.
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Contributed by
Arlo Pelegrin
on 24 February, 2009 - 6:18pm