Backswimmer

Notonecta indica

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Notonectidae

Notonectidae is a cosmopolitan family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly called backswimmers because they swim supine (ventral side up) in a kind of "backstroke". They are all predators and typically range from 0. 5 to 1.

Distribution

Backswimmer — (c) Kyle Rossner, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Kyle Rossner · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 19Cuba · 1France · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Kyle Rossner, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Kyle Rossner · CC-BY DescriptionNotonectidae, Wikipedia contributors

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