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  7. Water Bugs

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Water Bugs

Nepomorpha

Includes
110 native 2 introduced 6 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Water Boatmen 38 native
  • Nepoidea 28 native
  • Backswimmers 21 native
  • Naucoroidea 17 native
  • Gelastocoroidea 4 native
  • Ochteroidea 2 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native water bugs All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • American Giant Water Bug Lethocerus americanus 8,754 observations
  • Big-eyed Toad Bug Gelastocoris oculatus 5,317 observations
  • Uhler's Giant Water Bug Lethocerus uhleri 2,641 observations
  • Brown Waterscorpion Ranatra fusca 1,902 observations
  • Eastern Toe-biter Benacus griseus 1,824 observations
  • Belostoma flumineum 1,479 observations
  • Kirby's Backswimmer Notonecta kirbyi 959 observations
  • Belostoma lutarium 575 observations
  • Pelocoris femoratus 413 observations
  • Ranatra quadridentata 211 observations
  • Trichocorixa verticalis 122 observations
  • Backswimmer Notonecta indica 66 observations
  • Belostoma testaceum 51 observations
  • Ranatra australis 41 observations
  • Ranatra buenoi 41 observations
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