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Family Gerridae Water Skater

Minibeast photographs and field observations.

Species notes

About Family Gerridae Water Skater

This observation is filed as Family Gerridae Water Skater. The identification is not precise enough for species-level claims, so details should be checked against the photographs. True bugs are hemipterans with piercing-and-sucking mouthparts used to take in plant fluids or, in predatory species, animal prey.

Taxonomy source: NParks Flora & Fauna Web

Field photographs

Photo gallery

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Acanthocephala sp (nymph) — Acanthocephala sp (nymph)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Acanthocephala sp (nymph2) — Acanthocephala sp (nymph2)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Acanthocephala sp — Acanthocephala sp

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Acanthocoris scaber (nymph) — Acanthocoris scaber (nymph)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Acanthocoris scaber — Acanthocoris scaber

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Ammianus sp — Ammianus sp

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Antilochus coquebertii (nymph) — Antilochus coquebertii (nymph)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Antilochus coquebertii — Antilochus coquebertii

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Aradidae1 — Aradidae1

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Aradidae2 — Aradidae2

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Artemidorus pressus — Artemidorus pressus

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Aspilosterna albovittata (nymph) — Aspilosterna albovittata (nymph)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Aspilosterna albovittata — Aspilosterna albovittata

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Axiagastus sp — Axiagastus sp

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Banasa dimiata (nymph) — Banasa dimiata (nymph)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Banasa dimiata — Banasa dimiata

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Brachycerocoris camelus — Brachycerocoris camelus

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Brachyplatys punctipes — Brachyplatys punctipes

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Brachyplatys subaeneus (n) — Brachyplatys subaeneus (n)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Brachyplatys subaeneus — Brachyplatys subaeneus

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Calliphara nobilis (nymph) — Calliphara nobilis (nymph)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Calliphara nobilis — Calliphara nobilis

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Cantao ocellatus (nymph) — Cantao ocellatus (nymph)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Cantao ocellatus — Cantao ocellatus

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Caridops albomarginatus — Caridops albomarginatus

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Charagochilus longicornis — Charagochilus longicornis

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Cletus punctiger — Cletus punctiger

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Cletus trigonus (nymph) — Cletus trigonus (nymph)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Cletus trigonus — Cletus trigonus

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Coreidae1 — Coreidae1

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Coreidae2 — Coreidae2

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Coreidae3 — Coreidae3

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Cosmolestes picticeps — Cosmolestes picticeps

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Dalader sp (nymph) — Dalader sp (nymph)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Dalader sp — Dalader sp

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Dalpada oculata — Dalpada oculata

Family Gerridae Water Skater — DSC00058 Bug egg — DSC00058 Bug egg

Family Gerridae Water Skater — DSC01373 Bug egg — DSC01373 Bug egg

Family Gerridae Water Skater — DSC01556 Bug egg — DSC01556 Bug egg

Family Gerridae Water Skater — DSC01799 Bug egg — DSC01799 Bug egg

Family Gerridae Water Skater — DSC01999 Bug egg — DSC01999 Bug egg

Family Gerridae Water Skater — DSC06869 Bug egg — DSC06869 Bug egg

Family Gerridae Water Skater — DSC06881 Bug egg — DSC06881 Bug egg

Family Gerridae Water Skater — DSC07071-Bug egg — DSC07071-Bug egg

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Dysdercus cingulatus (nymph) — Dysdercus cingulatus (nymph)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Dysdercus cingulatus — Dysdercus cingulatus

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Dysdercus decussatus (nymph) — Dysdercus decussatus (nymph)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Dysdercus decussatus — Dysdercus decussatus

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Eocanthecona furcellata — Eocanthecona furcellata

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Eurystylus sp — Eurystylus sp

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Gampsocoris sp — Gampsocoris sp

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Gerris lacustris — Gerris lacustris

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Helopeltis antonii — Helopeltis antonii

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Helopeltis theivora — Helopeltis theivora

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Homoeocerus marginellus — Homoeocerus marginellus

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Homoeocerus sp (nymph) — Homoeocerus sp (nymph)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Homoeocerus sp — Homoeocerus sp

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Hyalopeplus spinosus — Hyalopeplus spinosus

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Hyalopeplus vitripennis — Hyalopeplus vitripennis

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Family Gerridae Water Skater — Leptocorisa acuta — Leptocorisa acuta

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Leptoglossus gonagra (nymph) — Leptoglossus gonagra (nymph)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Leptoglossus gonagra — Leptoglossus gonagra

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Lisarda pallidispina — Lisarda pallidispina

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Lygaeoidea1 — Lygaeoidea1

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Lygaeoidea2 — Lygaeoidea2

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Lygaeoidea3 — Lygaeoidea3

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Macrolonius sobrinus — Macrolonius sobrinus

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Menida lata (nymph) — Menida lata (nymph)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Menida lata — Menida lata

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Menida speciosa — Menida speciosa

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Metochus abbreviatus — Metochus abbreviatus

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Metochus uniguttatus — Metochus uniguttatus

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Miridae1 — Miridae1

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Nerthus taivanicus — Nerthus taivanicus

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Neuroctenus sp — Neuroctenus sp

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Nezara viridula (nymph) — Nezara viridula (nymph)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Nezara viridula — Nezara viridula

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Palomena prasina — Palomena prasina

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Pentatomidae1 — Pentatomidae1

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Pentatomidae2 — Pentatomidae2

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Pentatomidae3 — Pentatomidae3

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Pentatomidae4 — Pentatomidae4

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Pentatomidae5 — Pentatomidae5

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Pentatomidae8 — Pentatomidae8

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Phaenacantha saccharicida — Phaenacantha saccharicida

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Physomerus grossipes (nymph) — Physomerus grossipes (nymph)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Physomerus grossipes — Physomerus grossipes

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Physopelta gutta — Physopelta gutta

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Plataspididae1 — Plataspididae1

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Plautia fimbriata — Plautia fimbriata

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Ptilocerus unicolor — Ptilocerus unicolor

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Pycanum rubens (nymph) — Pycanum rubens (nymph)

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Pycanum rubens — Pycanum rubens

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Pyrrhocoridae1 — Pyrrhocoridae1

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Reduviidae1 — Reduviidae1

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Rhynocoris sp — Rhynocoris sp

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Ricolla sp — Ricolla sp

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Riptortus linearis — Riptortus linearis

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Riptortus pedestris — Riptortus pedestris

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Sycanus collaris — Sycanus collaris

Family Gerridae Water Skater — Tingidae1 — Tingidae1