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@fluffydogsquad submitted: Found this (already dead) bug in NJ. iNaturalist ID'd it as a Water Scorpion in the genus Ranatra. I'd never seen one before, so I took the opportunity to look at this one with a macro lens phone attachment!
Great find and fun to view up close! I've only seen them alive, which makes them hard to look at closely. Their long butt snorkel is used for breathing :)
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I'm not sure that huge baby caddisfly (Genus Psilotreta) is predating or scavenging Nepa hoffmanni, but pretty sure this is a very rare moment!
What's cuter than a Laccotrephes tristis? Staging a photo shoot for a Laccotrephes tristis amongst some Stylidium 💕 . . . #WaterScorpion #Laccotrephes #WaterBugs #Stylidium #BanjimaCountry https://www.instagram.com/p/CVKlyFZBN_Q/?utm_medium=tumblr
Weird #creepy looking bug Haha. I love it - sat and watched it hunt. . . #waterscorpion #Nepidae #hemiptera #природа #instafollo #instafollow #insta #picoftheday #youtuber #instagood #explorepage #exotic #petsofinstagram #bugs #predatororpreyonline #wow (at Saint Clears, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/predatororpreyonline/p/BvpOC2eneXo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uldkpr9kw6j8
Ranatra fusca “Brown Waterscorpion” Nepidae
Lake Inez, Lolo National Forest, MT May 23, 2017 Robert Niese
There’s something genuinely unnerving about insects viciously preying upon vertebrates, and waterscorpions are superbly specialized for this terrifying task. They sit near the surface of the water, head down, with their elongated, raptorial front limbs outstretched, waiting. Their long paired “tails” remain in contact with the water’s surface like a snorkel, allowing them to breathe while fully submerged. When some unlucky fish or tadpole swims too close, they snap them up like a mantis and immediately stab them with their sucking mouthparts. Their saliva both subdues and begins to digest their prey, allowing them to suck out the animal’s insides. On a completely unrelated note, this individual looks worse for wear, which led me to discover that adults actually overwinter in lakes and ponds here in Montana -- not an easy task considering that most bodies of water freeze-over completely at some point. So apparently they’re indestructible AND hyper-specialized predators. Thank goodness they’re only five inches long.
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No ID needed on this one, just wanted to share this gorgeous and very relaxed water scorpion I plucked out completely barehanded while sampling for aquatic macroinvertebrates. They were super chill (or possibly just cold, considering they were near the outflow of a very chilly stream that comes down from the mountains) and weren’t terribly bothered by being lifted and examined. It took a surprising amount of coaxing to get them to stretch their front legs out for that last pic.
Ahhh what a cute friend! Big fan of waterscorpions and tragically have never gotten to handle one.
Tiny mud stream creatures
Stick insect back to their freshwater home!
These long stick waterscorpions are often referred to as water mantids but they aren't scorpions nor mantids, They're true bugs (Suborder Heteroptera) :-)
