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Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

National Moth Week was July 23-31, 2022! See moth submissions.

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

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subgenus Paranecta

Backswimmer - Notonecta undulata Notonecta Backswimmer - Notonecta kirbyi Backswimmer - Notonecta unifasciata Notonecta Water Bug nymph? - Notonecta Notonecta kirbyi? - Notonecta kirbyi Notonecta kirbyi in small pond - Notonecta kirbyi
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Nepomorpha (Aquatic Bugs)
Superfamily Notonectoidea
Family Notonectidae (Backswimmers)
Genus Notonecta
No Taxon subgenus Paranecta
Explanation of Names
Paranecta Hutchinson 1929
Numbers
11 spp. in our area