water strider: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Gerridae • skimmer • pond skater

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Water striders.

Illustration showing twelve types of heteropteran insects, each labeled: coreid bug, plant bug, bedbug, stinkbug, lace bug, backswimmer, termite bug, water scorpion, water strider, toad bug, and bat bug, highlighting their diverse shapes and colors.

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Amphibicorisae backswimmer water scorpion giant water bug water boatman smaller water strider marsh treader toad bug velvet water bug shore bug creeping water bug

wasp. Vespid Wasp (Vespidaea) with antennas and compound eyes drink nectar from a cherry. Hornets largest eusocial wasps, stinging insect in the order Hymenoptera, related to bees. Pollination

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Lion (panthera leo)

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Green tree python snake (Chondropython viridis) in a rainforest.

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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)

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