Can't figure this one out

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Xavier_Carp	September 8th, 2007, 9:26 am
Posts: 13	Does anyone knows what is this??? my best guess is that it is an aquatic hemiptera

Troutnut	September 8th, 2007, 10:07 am
Administrator Bellevue, WA Posts: 2737	You're right, it's a Belostoma water bug, which is in Hemiptera. I've got some cool closeup pics of them.
	Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D. Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Troutnut	September 11th, 2007, 12:08 am
Administrator Bellevue, WA Posts: 2737	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, Ph.D. Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Xavier_Carp	September 11th, 2007, 3:45 pm
Posts: 13	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, 6:35 pm
Oscoda, MI Posts: 2611	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
	No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

Troutnut	September 12th, 2007, 8:23 pm
Administrator Bellevue, WA Posts: 2737	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, Ph.D. Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Doublea176	March 27th, 2011, 1:25 pm
Posts: 1	This is the nymph of the aquatic giant water bug. You can tell it is a nymph by the lack of wings extending over the abdomen. It is in the order Hemiptera and the suborder Heteroptera. It is either in the genus Belostoma or Lethocerus, but I cannot tell from this picture.

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