What kind of bug is this?!

spidennis · 10-08-2021, 09:05 AM

What kind of bug is this?

serotonin · 10-08-2021, 12:38 PM

It's a type of Water Scorpion in the genus Nepa.
Possibly Nepa apiculata.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepa_(insect)

rickhart · 10-09-2021, 12:23 AM

It looks to me like a Giant Water Bug:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethocerus_americanus

Nasty bite.

serotonin · 10-09-2021, 03:46 AM

I believe you are correct, Sir!

We always called them Water Scorpions.
I wonder why they aren't in the same Family!
Guess I'm gonna hav'ta have a sit-down with these Latin blokes,
who've never seen a live one in it's own habitat.

I'll be sure to ask them why they keep messing with the names in my Fungal Kingdom
...and if they ever caught one of these fockers on a fly.

PS> Aside from the nasty bite they share, does yours breathe from it's askhole, like mine...?

rickhart · 10-12-2021, 12:38 AM

I have no idea. I just hope I never get bitten by one.

10-08-2021, 12:38 PM	#2
serotonin ember Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,399	It's a type of Water Scorpion in the genus Nepa. Possibly Nepa apiculata. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepa_(insect) Last edited by serotonin; 10-08-2021 at 12:53 PM..

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10-09-2021, 12:23 AM	#3
rickhart Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Northampton, MA Posts: 402	It looks to me like a Giant Water Bug: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethocerus_americanus Nasty bite.

10-09-2021, 03:46 AM	#4
serotonin ember Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,399	I believe you are correct, Sir! We always called them Water Scorpions. I wonder why they aren't in the same Family! Guess I'm gonna hav'ta have a sit-down with these Latin blokes, who've never seen a live one in it's own habitat. I'll be sure to ask them why they keep messing with the names in my Fungal Kingdom ...and if they ever caught one of these fockers on a fly. PS> Aside from the nasty bite they share, does yours breathe from it's askhole, like mine...?

10-12-2021, 12:38 AM	#5
rickhart Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Northampton, MA Posts: 402	I have no idea. I just hope I never get bitten by one.

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