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View image #1 of the bug Brown Water Scorpion (Ranatra fusca) ... "water scorpions can be found in swimming pools, ponds and lakes. They can also fly." ... Full size image of Brown Water Scorpion (<i>Ranatra fusca</i>)
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The Brown Waterscorpion (Ranatra fusca) lives among the bottom vegetation and detritus of shallow freshwater ponds and lakes. It has a slender sticklike body and a pair of tail-like breathing tubes. ... [image of brown water scorpion]
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www.unl.edu/agnicpls/scorpion.html
www.unl.edu/agnicpls/scorpion.html
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The water scorpion resembles a land scorpion in certain ways: ... Water scorpions are blackish brown in colour and measure about 25 to 52 millimetres (1 to 2 inches) in length. The different species vary somewhat in shape. Those of the genus Nepa, for example, have a slightly elongated, oval-shaped body, whereas those of...
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www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/637251/water-scorpio...
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/637251/water-scorpion
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This particular water scorpion is from the Genus Ranatra which contains nine species. Ranatra vary in body length from 20 to 40 mm and are brown and are long and thin like grass or straw.
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www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/shiloh/scorpion.html
www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/shiloh/scorpion.html
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THE WATER SCORPION; Water scorpions look like brown twigs walking along the leaves of plants. When they are still, it is hard to tell these water bugs from dead leaves or plant stems.
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www.pond-life.us/pond-life-water-bugs-3.html
www.pond-life.us/pond-life-water-bugs-3.html
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The brown water scorpion can be found in (They often hang suspended from the surface too) ponds throughout North America. In order to breath, the Brown Water Scorpion stretches its' breathing tube from its abdomen to the water's surface.
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www.cornellcollege.edu/biology/insects2003/erinmorgan/b...
www.cornellcollege.edu/biology/insects2003/erinmorgan/b.htm
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Water Scorpion - Nepa cinerea ... Reddish-brown in colour, its wings are perfectly developed but they do not seem much adapted for flying because the flight muscles have regressed and are poorly developed.
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www.zoneumidetoscane.it/accessibilita/files/scorpionein...
www.zoneumidetoscane.it/accessibilita/files/scorpioneing.html
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The water scorpion is not a true scorpion, but is a large, aquatic insect that belongs to the order of insects known as the Hemiptera or 'bugs'. Its flattened body is greyish brown on the upper surface; the wings, which are held close to the body...
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www.arkive.org/water-scorpion/nepa-cinerea/
www.arkive.org/water-scorpion/nepa-cinerea/
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