Can't figure this one out

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Xavier_Carp	September 8th, 2007, 12:26 pm
Posts: 9	Does anyone knows what is this??? my best guess is that it is an aquatic hemiptera
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Troutnut	September 8th, 2007, 1:07 pm
Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1113	You're right, it's a Belostoma water bug, which is in Hemiptera. I've got some cool closeup pics of them.
	Jason Neuswanger The Troutnut

DMM	September 10th, 2007, 8:51 pm
Posts: 141	I don't know how anyone can ID this to genus from this photo. It is a nymph, and there is no scale. Maybe Jason knows something I don't.
	David

Troutnut	September 11th, 2007, 3:08 am
Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1113	OK, good point, it's Belostomatidae. I thought I remembered the other genera had more distinctly different body shapes but I guess that's not true for all species.
	Jason Neuswanger The Troutnut

Xavier_Carp	September 11th, 2007, 6:45 pm
Posts: 9	Jason, thanks a lot, next time out I'll try to get an adult but at least I'll know what I'm looking for Regards Xavier

Jmd123	September 12th, 2007, 9:35 pm
Posts: 148	Be careful handling these guys - though it's never happened to me, they can apparently bite pretty hard, and they actually inject venom to make it hurt even more. Watch out! Jonathon

Troutnut	September 12th, 2007, 11:23 pm
Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1113	Yeah, just look through my closeup head shots of Belostoma flumineum and you'll see why you don't want to get toooooo close. I haven't been bit, either, but word is it's not fun. One of their common names is "toebiter."
	Jason Neuswanger The Troutnut