Belostoma flumineum (Electric Light Bug) Giant Water Bug Adult Pictures

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Hemiptera (True Bugs)

» Family Belostomatidae (Giant Water Bugs)

» Genus Belostoma (Toebiters)

» Species flumineum (Electric Light Bug)

I haven't seen the imitation of these things stressed, but in August 2003 on one of my favorite rivers the largest brown trout I kept had stomachs full of these things.

This giant water bug was collected from the Namekagon River on January 13th, 2004 and added to Troutnut.com on January 25th, 2006.

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Belostoma flumineum (Electric Light Bug) Giant Water Bug Adult from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin

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Recent Discussions of this Adult

Imitating Belostoma

Posted by Appangler on Apr 26, 2007

Just a thought...perhaps a "cow dung" traditional wet fly would cover this bug. As for the green sheen on the wing, one might use slips from green wing teal secondary wing feathers.

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