Troutnut.com Fly Fishing for Trout Home
User Password
or register.
Scientific name search:

Water Scorpions

Scientific Name
MatchScientific Name
****Nepidae


This common name refers to only one family.

True Bug Family Nepidae

These are pretty much always called Water Scorpions.
Ranatra Water Scorpion AdultRanatra  Water Scorpion Adult View 7 PicturesHere's a big water scorpion (no relation to actual scorpions). These guys are just about the most sinister-looking creatures you could find, and what's especially creepy is that they can come up out of the water and fly around, as I learned when one left my aquarium and buzzed my head while I was peeking into the microscope at a mayfly nymph.
Collected March 10, 2004 from in
Added to Troutnut.com by on January 25, 2006
Top 10 Fly Hatches
Top Gift Shop Designs
Top Insect Specimens
Miscellaneous Sites