#nepomorpha

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Giant water bug...

Sure, I'll do the whole family!

Have you seen a giant water bug (Family: Belostomatidae)?

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Voting ended onJan 14

This family contains the largest members of the order Hemiptera.

[podartists]

Deutsche Wasserwanzen und Wasserläufer | Alfred Edmund Brehm | Die Insekten, Tausendfüssler und Spinnen (1877) | Flickr

[rattyexplores]

Water bugs, a common sight in drains.

17/09/23 - Hemiptera: Ochterus sp.

QLD:BRB - Townsville, suburban drainage ditch

[eartharchives]

Male giant water bugs win females by babysitting

Female giant water bugs prefer males already caring for eggs, an evolutionary force for maintaining parental care.

For female giant water bugs, parenting skill is an important consideration in picking potential mates.

[britsnana2]

5/22/15                Big Eyed Toad Bugs Do It

Nepomorpha (Aquatic Bugs)-Gelastocoridae (Toad Bugs)- Gelastocoris oculatus (Big-Eyed Toad Bug) Male and Female. 

Latin oculatus '[big-]eyed'

Size 6-9 mm

Identification A common, though well-camouflaged bug of muddy freshwater shorelines.

Some characters:walks, or sometimes, hops sides of prothorax projecting coloration extremely variable

Range throughout the contiguous US and in so. Canada (ON, MB); Mexico

Habitat muddy shores of streams and lakes Season spring through fall