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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies
  6. Giant Water Bugs
  7. Lethocerinae
  8. Giant Water Bugs

genus

Giant Water Bugs

Lethocerus

Includes
3 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • American Giant Water Bug native
  • Uhler's Giant Water Bug native
  • Lethocerus medius presumed native
  • Lethocerus collosicus present
  • Lethocerus angustipes

Range

United States

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

Most observed native giant water bugs All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • American Giant Water Bug Lethocerus americanus 8,754 observations
  • Uhler's Giant Water Bug Lethocerus uhleri 2,641 observations

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