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Giant water bug

Lethocerus americanus

Ci turam: Its nicknames come from its habits: 'toe biter' for its painful bite and 'electric light bug' for being drawn to lights at night.1

Dafay metti rekkDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.

Chenille ak gunóor

Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp

Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

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

Dafay dund ci

Southern Canada and the United States, north of 35°N. Other Lethocerus species live further south.1

Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar

Kër

It lives in ponds, marshes, and on the edges of lakes and slow-moving streams and creeks. Adults may fly at night and be attracted to electric lights.1

Guddaay

5 cm ba 6 cm (2 in ba 2,4 in)1

Gaawaay bu gën a kawe

lu tollu ci 0,9 km/h (0,56 mph)

Féey, xalaat

Lan lay lekk?

Adults and young eat other insects, small crustaceans such as crabs and crayfish, tadpoles, frogs, snails and small fish. It grabs prey with its front legs and injects digestive toxins through a retractable proboscis like a mosquito's. Several bugs have been seen hunting and sharing the same prey.1

Fotoy Giant water bug — Giant water bug. Foto: Ken-ichi Ueda. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

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

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: 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

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

The bug injects digestive toxins into its prey through its proboscis. It lets the prey digest for 10–15 minutes before it eats.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

A bite is painful and may happen if the bug is handled or disturbed. It prefers to avoid people rather than confront them.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

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

Su màttee

Ci kawaru chenille yuy jam: dindi leen ak scotch, ginnaaw gi raxas der bi. Bul ko moos.
Ci màtt yi: raxas ko te sedal ko. Wutal ndimbal doktoor su yaramu nit ki baaxul walla deret di génn ci yomb.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
Su benn màttee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Fan ci àddina?

Afrig Asi Tugal Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar Amerig gu Bëj-saalum Ostarali ak Oseyani

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

guddu na ni 2 bloku tabax yu ñu toftale

Giant water bug ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

Ab escargot ci tóokër lu tollu ci 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Giant water bug lu tollu ci 0,9 km/h (0,56 mph)

Ab nit kuy féey lu tollu ci 3 km/h (1,9 mph)

baax na xam

Xibaar

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

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: It is a 'toe biter' that goes looking for people to bite.

Dëgg: It prefers to avoid humans. It bites mainly when it is handled or disturbed.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam: Lethocerus americanus
Mbooloo: Chenille ak gunóor
Njaboot: Belostomatidae2
Toftal: Hemiptera
Kontinaa yi: Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar
Liir yi: 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
Musiba ci nit: 2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

Lethocerus americanus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Lethocerus americanus (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
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