We then describe a newly-documented population of the
giant water bug Belostoma lutarium (Stal) (Insecta: Hemiptera) in Tennessee, and outline several ways in which B.
To begin each trial, a single adult
giant water bug was placed in each of 12 inner tanks.
Male counter strategy against infanticide of the
giant water bug Lethocerus deyrollei.
As noted, other common names are "toe-biter" and "water-scorpion." The
giant water bug is a wait-and-see predator.
Giant water bug eggs sure have a neat way to stay safe.
The point of the dragonfly's terrible lip, the
giant water bug, birdsong, or the beautiful dazzle and flash of sunlighted minnows, is not that it all fits together like clockwork--for it doesn't, particularly, not even inside the goldfish bowl--but that it all flows so freely wild, like the creek, that it all surges in such a free, fringed tangle.
Slater, the Victorian scientist who discovered that the male
giant water bug shouldered his species' parenting burden: "That the male chafes under the burden is unmistakable," she wrote.
Field observations of predation on snakes by the
giant water bug. Bulletin of the Herpetological Society of Japan 2004:78-81.
The fish eater is a
giant water bug, probably Lethocerus americanus.
To test the range of the animals' reactions, Relyea raised six species of tadpoles in tubs equipped with a mesh cage holding a predator, such as a dragonfly larva or
giant water bug. The tadpoles knew when to worry.
Other taxa that were present in small numbers, so that we cannot be sure if they were systematically moving upstream, include larvae of the
giant water bug Abedus herberti (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae), adults of Berosus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), tadpoles of the canyon treefrog Hyla arenicolor (Hylidae), longfin dace Rhinichthys chrysogaster (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), and mosquitofish Gambusia affinis (Cyprinodontiformes: Poecilidae).
Some, like the
giant water bug, are nearly three inches long and should be handled carefully.
But the
giant water bug dad below is stuck with the job--really stuck.
Giant water bug - The largest of the true bugs, some species attain a length of nearly three inches.
Like
giant water bug adults, the larvae spend a lot of time hanging out just under the surface of the water.
