The bottom side of this bug was quite shiny, maybe iridescent, but in a way that's hard to capture in a photo.  I tried to do it with this one but it doesn't show up well.  It was very hard to photograph this thing's bottom side at all, because it was so quick and adept at flipping itself back over.  Belostoma flumineum (Electric Light Bug) Giant Water Bug Adult from the West Branch of Owego Creek in New York
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The bottom side of this bug was quite shiny, maybe iridescent, but in a way that's hard to capture in a photo. I tried to do it with this one but it doesn't show up well. It was very hard to photograph this thing's bottom side at all, because it was so quick and adept at flipping itself back over.
Belostoma flumineum (Electric Light Bug) Giant Water Bug Adult from the West Branch of Owego Creek in New York

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