Tag: belastoma flumineum

• The Electric-Light-Loving, Scuba-Diving, Toe-Biting, Giant Water Bug

  

  Toe-Biter, Electric-Light Bug, Alligator-Tick; people have come up with many names for the fascinating critter. It’s actual name is perhaps the most boring—the Giant Water Bug. They are the largest of the ‘true bugs’ and belong to the Belostomatidae family of insects.

  Devon Bowker

  June 2, 2018

  Insects and Arachnids, The Wild Life Blog

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