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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) » Notonectoidea » Backswimmers (Notonectidae) » Notonecta » subgenus Paranecta (Notonecta subgenus Paranecta) » Notonecta indica
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Backswimmer - Notonecta indica
Copyright © 2013 S Moorman

Backswimmer - Notonecta indica
Gray Court/ farm pond, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
October 14, 2013
Size: 11mm
Notonecta?

First South Carolina record for BG

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Contributed by S Moorman on 22 October, 2013 - 8:28am
Last updated 25 October, 2014 - 10:20pm

John Epler says, "Can't tell for sure, but probably N. indica"
Moved from Notonecta.
… v belov, 22 October, 2013 - 10:18am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
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… S Moorman, 22 October, 2013 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

nice... indica? hope we get an ID soon
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 22 October, 2013 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Do these vary in amount of white and black coloration? Some individuals were almost pure white and others had more black than this specimen.
… S Moorman, 22 October, 2013 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

 
oh yes, the pattern tends to vary insanely in these guys
… v belov, 22 October, 2013 - 8:49am login or register to post comments

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