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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha) » Water Measurers (Hydrometridae) » Hydrometra
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Small Insect Walking on Water - Hydrometra
Copyright © 2014 Alan Chin Lee

Small Insect Walking on Water - Hydrometra
West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
August 19, 2014
Size: ~1cm
This small stick-like insect was seen in small numbers casually walking on the water's surface at a detention pond. Some very small, but the larger individuals were approximately just longer than a centimeter.

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Contributed by Alan Chin Lee on 13 September, 2014 - 9:00pm

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 13 September, 2014 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ken!
Tried as I might, I could not find any similar bugs to this guy to pin down an ID.
… Alan Chin Lee, 14 September, 2014 - 1:05am login or register to post comments

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