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

genus

Giant Water Bug

Belostoma

Includes
8 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Belostoma flumineum native
  • Belostoma lutarium native
  • Belostoma testaceum native
  • Belostoma subspinosum presumed native
  • Belostoma bakeri presumed native
  • Belostoma minor presumed native
  • Belostoma fusciventre presumed native
  • Belostoma saratogae presumed native
  • Belostoma ellipticum

Range

United States

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

Most observed native giant water bug All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Belostoma flumineum 1,479 observations
  • Belostoma lutarium 575 observations
  • Belostoma testaceum 51 observations

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