Belostomatidae - Wikipedia
Belostomatidae is a family of freshwater hemipteran insects known as giant water bugs or colloquially as toe-biters, Indian toe-biters, electric-light bugs (because they fly to lights in large numbers), alligator ticks, or alligator fleas (in Florida).
Why The Giant Water Bug Is The Stuff Of Nightmares - All That's …
2020年9月7日 · The giant water bug lurks underwater and can grow more than four inches long, making it one of the largest insects in the world. Often nicknamed the toe-biter, it has a ferocious bite that is said to be one of the most painful bug-related injuries a human can suffer. What Is The Giant Water Bug?
Giant water bug | Aquatic Predator, Carnivorous & Nocturnal
Giant water bug, any wide and flat-bodied aquatic insect of the family Belostomatidae (order Heteroptera). This family, although containing only about 100 species, includes the largest bugs in the order: sometimes exceeding 10 cm (4 inches) in …
Lethocerus americanus - Wikipedia
Lethocerus americanus, sometimes called the electric light bug, toe biter or fish killer, [1] is a giant water bug in the family Belostomatidae, native to southern Canada and the United States (north of 35°N; other Lethocerus species are found southwards). [2]
Lethocerus - Wikipedia
Lethocerus is a genus of the hemipteran family Belostomatidae, known colloquially as giant water bugs, toe biters and electric light bugs, distributed in tropical, subtropical and temperate areas of the world.
Giant Water Bug (Lethocerus americanus) - Insect Identification
2023年9月20日 · The Giant Water Bug is a large insect with equally large and very noticeable foreleg pincers. These pointy appendages are used to catch similar-sized, underwater prey like small fish, frogs, small newts, snails, and sometimes even snakes.
giant water bugs, electric light bugs - Lethocerus, Abedus, …
The heteropteran family Belostomatidae contains the giant water bugs. These large, predatory, aquatic insects have the largest body size among the Heteroptera. Adults of some South American species reach 4 inches in length.
Species Lethocerus americanus - Giant Water Bug - BugGuide
2024年3月25日 · During spring and early summer, eggs are laid near or in water attached to aquatic plants, stones, leaves or rotting branches. The eggs are brownish-gray, 4-5 mm long, laid in rows. Usually 100 are found in each group, hatching in about 2 weeks.
Family Belostomatidae - Giant Water Bugs - BugGuide.Net
2023年10月9日 · Choate P.M. Giant water bugs, electric light bugs, Lethocerus, Abedus, Belostoma (Insecta: Hemiptera: Belostomatidae)
Giant Water Bugs, Family Belostomatidae - ThoughtCo
2019年11月18日 · Giant water bugs number about 160 species worldwide, but only 19 species inhabit the U.S. and Canada. Throughout their range, giant water bugs live in ponds, lakes, and even drainage ditches.