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Lethocerus sp.; Giant Water Bug   

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Lethocerus sp.
Lethocerus sp.
Giant Water Bug
Photographer: Shelley Pneh

ID: 0000 0000 0815 0799 (2015-08-08)

Copyright © 2015 Shelley Pneh

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Aug 6, 2015
  • location   S. Fork Eel River near Barnwell Creek; Angelo Coast Range Reserve (Mendocino County, California, US)
  • family Belostomatidae
  • order Hemiptera
  • class Insecta
  • habitat  streams and rivers
  • notes   I found it hunting for small roach and stickleback in the cover of night. They, for the most part, hide themselves very well under vegetation and rocks during the day.
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Giant Water Bug (photographer)
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