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20-AUG-2016 Christine Hanrahan

Giant water bug (Lethocerus americanus)

At home

Another view of this large (60mm) aquatic bug that is known to sometimes come to black lights. I had my light set up to look for insects last night, and this one arrived! It is also known as the electric light bug because of the habit of coming to lights.

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
1/60s f/2.8 at 10.9mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
Jeff Real21-Aug-2016 13:38
Wow! He is serious looking! ~V~
Carl Carbone21-Aug-2016 13:28
Very prehistoric looking!
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