Water insects

Photograph:Diving beetles live in water. They come to the water's surface to get air.

The insects use the middle of their three pairs of legs to row across the water, creating vortices with the tiny hairs that cover their legs,researchers discovered.

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Water striders are such cool bugs. I love seeing these when I'm out on a hike or camping. #insects #bugs, #naturefact

Monarch Chrysalis just before butterfly emerges

European Water Scorpion (Nepa cinerea)

https://flic.kr/p/mgTJVx | Lesser diving beetle (Acilius sulcatus) | lifeinfreshwater.net

My very first sighting of a Monarch Butterfly chrysalis

Backswimmer (Notonectidae) facts, including what backswimmers eat, backswimmer habitats, backswimmer life cycle, and if backswimmers are dangerous.

When Palmetto bugs fly.

13. Notonectidae order Hemiptera - ventral side(underside) darker than dorsal side - live in water, eat other small insects, can be an indicator of clean water

The Gerridae, aka water skeeter, water scooter, water strider, water skipper, water skimmer, water bug, or pond skater, is a water insect that seems to defy gravity, resting on and scooting along the surface of water without sinking. There are 47 known species and 8 recognized genera of these insects. Their preferred habitats are creeks, ditches, lakes, ponds, rivers, swamps, and streams. #bug #fly #Gerridae #insect #pondskater #predator #prey #water #waterbug #waterscooter #waterskeeter

Here are 10 most beautiful insects in world

Wasps get a bad rap as unwanted picnic guests and unrelenting stingers, but did you know the majority of them aren't aggressive at all? And many wasps don't even sport black- and yellow-striped bodies? Here's how to identify the 19 most common types of wasps you may encounter.

Tardigrades - 1. Giant yellow water bear (Richtersius coronifer); 2. Large carnivorous water bear (Milnesium tardigradum); 3. Tidal water bear (Echiniscoides sigismundi sigismundi); 4. Turtle water bear (Echiniscus testudo); 5. Balloon water bear (Tanarctus bubulubus).

Lycorma olivacea

Saw a nice-looking green lacewing on the side of the house this evening.