Giant water bug
The giant water bug is a large, flat-bodied insect that lives in ponds, marshes and slow streams. It hunts other animals, including small fish and frogs, and it can give a painful bite if handled. It is found in southern Canada and the United States.1

Akkaataa itti beekamu
- Adults are about 5–6 cm long.1
- It has natural camouflage that helps it hide in the water.1
- It swims using its hind legs.1
- Its front pair of legs is used to grab and hold prey.1
Yeroo baay'ee kan itti wal fakkeessan: It is often confused with Benacus griseus, which can be told apart by grooves on its front femora (the thick upper parts of the front legs) that fit the tibiae when folded. It is very similar to L. uhleri.1
Humna summii
Summiin yeroo ciniinu ilkaan summii ykn ilkaan isaa keessaan ba'a.
Summiin isaa (ciniinnaa ykn iddiin) maal godha?
The bug injects digestive toxins into its prey through its proboscis. It lets the prey digest for 10–15 minutes before it eats.1
Namootaaf hammam balaa qaba?
Balaa namootaaf: Ni dhukkubsaBaay'ee dhukkubsuu danda'a, garuu gonkumaa jechuun ni danda'ama cimaa hin ta'u.A bite is painful and may happen if the bug is handled or disturbed. It prefers to avoid people rather than confront them.1
Yeroo sodaatu maal godha?
When disturbed, it first tries to escape or play dead, then raises its front legs and hind end in a fighting stance, and may latch on and bite.1
Yoo ciniine
- Rifeensa raammoo iddu irratti: teeppii maxxanaatiin kaasi, sana booda gogaa dhiqi. Hin sukkuumin.
- Ciniinnaaf: dhiqi fi qabbaneessi. Yoo namichi dhukkubsate ykn salphaatti dhiigni isa ba'e, gargaarsa yaalaa argadhu.
Yeroo hunda dursa lakkoofsa balaa tasaa kee bilbili (112, 000, 911). Kun qajeelfama gargaarsa jalqabaa waliigalaa ti, gorsa yaalaa miti. Bu'uura gargaarsa jalqabaa
Nageenyaan turi
- Bineensa bosonaa gonkumaa hin tuqin, hin qabin, hin tuttuqin, xiqqaa ta'us, rafe ykn du'e fakkaatus.
- Iddoo itti kenni. Yoo tokko wajjin wal argite, tasgabbaa'i, suuta duubatti deebi'iitii karaa isaa akka deemu dhiisi.
- Yoo tokko si ciniine: tasgabbaa'i, sochii malee turi, lakkoofsa balaa tasaa kee (112, 000, 911) bilbili ykn dafii hospitaala ga'i. Maal akka fakkaatu yaadadhu, suuraan ni gargaara.
Si miidhuuf si hin barbaadu. Summii isaa nyaata qabachuuf ykn of eeguuf fayyadama, dhokachuu immoo baay'ee filata. Waa'ee nageenyaa dabalataan
Addunyaa keessaa eessatti?
Hammam guddaa dha?
Dheerinni isaa hammam?
akka bilookii taphaa 2 tarree tokkoon dheerataGiant water bug SI wajjin yoo wal bira qabamu hammam guddaa dha?
Herrega qofa barsiisaa kee keessatti. Homtuu hin olkaa'amu, eessayyuu hin ergamu.
Hammam ariifata?
Dhugaawwan
It breathes air trapped under its wings, using two snorkel-like tubes at the back of its abdomen.1
Several bugs may hunt together and share the same prey.1
Few young survive to adulthood, because adults eat other nymphs and other predators also hunt them.1
It can be attracted to electric lights while flying at night, which gives it the name electric light bug.1
Adults survive winter by burrowing under mud and leaf litter.1
Soba diigaa
Soba: It is a 'toe biter' that goes looking for people to bite.
Dhugaa: It prefers to avoid humans. It bites mainly when it is handled or disturbed.1
Ogeeyyii summiitiif
- Maqaa saayinsii
- Lethocerus americanus
- Garee
- Raammoo fi ilbiisota
- Maatii
- Belostomatidae2
- Tartiiba
- Hemiptera
- Ardiiwwan
- Ameerikaa Kaabaa
- Ilmoolee
- Eggs are laid on plants at the water's edge and may be guarded by an adult. Nymphs hatch about two weeks later, and a female may lay about 150 or more eggs in her lifetime.1
- Balaa namootaaf
- 2 / 5: Ni dhukkubsa3
Dhugaawwan eessaa dhufu
- Lethocerus americanus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Lethocerus americanus (iNaturalist): maqaa fi ramaddii.
- Venom Wiki: sadarkaan balaa, guddinni idilee fi tilmaamni ariitii kan keenya. Akkamitti akka hojjennu ilaali: Balaa akkamitti madaalla.
Dhugaan fuula kana irra jiru hundi lakkoofsa madda isaatti si qajeelchu qaba. Yoo waan tokko dogoggorre, dhiifama, nuti jaallattoota bineensotaa ti malee joornaalii saayinsii miti. [email protected] irratti nutti himi, ni sirreessina.
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