Velvet water bugs are members of the family Hebridae. They are semiaquatic insects that live among moss or ponds with an abundance of vegetation, in which...

hemipteran insects known as giant water bugs or colloquially as toe-biters, Indian toe-biters, electric-light bugs (because they fly to lights in large...

cosmopolitan family of the suborder Heteroptera of the order Hemiptera (true bugs). Among the Hemiptera and together with the Nabidae almost all species are...

Heteroptera. Due to their aquatic habits, these animals are known as true water bugs. They occur all over the world outside the polar regions, with about 2...

commonly known as water striders, water skeeters, water scooters, water bugs, pond skaters, water skippers, water gliders, water skimmers or puddle flies...

Trombidiidae, also known as red velvet mites, true velvet mites, or rain bugs, are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) found in plant litter and...

Life Web Project (ToL) (1995): Gerromorpha. Water striders, water measurers, velvet water bugs, and water treaders. Version of 1995-JAN-01. Retrieved...

(true bugs), with more than 110 genera in four subfamilies. The family is commonly referred to as seed bugs, and less commonly, milkweed bugs, or ground...

themselves to the plant and secrete a powdery wax layer (hence the name "mealy" bug) used for protection while they suck the plant juices. The males are short-lived...

Heteroptera. They are commonly known as riffle bugs, small water striders, or broad-shouldered water striders because the segment immediately behind...

Merragata hebroides is a species of velvet water bug in the family Hebridae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, Oceania...

subtropical. The common names of the Coreidae vary regionally. Leaf-footed bug refers to leaf-like expansions on the legs of some species, generally on...

called true bugs, comprising more than 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield...

species-rich genus, are sometimes called needle bugs or water stick insects as they are slenderer than Nepa. While water scorpions do not sting with their tail...

Notonectidae, BugGuide Close-up photo by J. Hlasek Photo of Anisops assimilis swimming by Paddy Ryan BBC Radio special on the sounds made by water boatmen v...

Cydnidae are a family of pentatomoid bugs, known by common names including burrowing bugs or burrower bugs. As the common name would suggest, many members...

insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, generally called shield bugs or stink bugs. Pentatomidae is the largest family in the superfamily Pentatomoidea...

Hebrus buenoi, or Bueno's velvet water bug, is a species of velvet water bug in the family Hebridae. It is found in Central America and North America....

The Gelastocoridae (toad bugs) is a family of about 100 species of insects in the suborder Heteroptera. These fall into two genera, about 15 species of...

flowing upward from the roots via the xylem. The large amount of excess water that must be excreted and the evolution of special breathing tubes allow...

referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common names include plant bugs, leaf bugs, and grass bugs. It is the largest family of true bugs (suborder Heteroptera);...

Corixidae. EverythingAbout.net Water Boatmen Buglopedia waterboatmen article water boatmen photos on the Tree of Life more water boatmen photos on Bug Guide...

the order Hemiptera ("true bugs"), commonly called stilt bugs or thread bugs (not to be confused with the thread-legged bugs, Emesinae). Most berytids...

insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, along with smaller jumping bugs such as leafhoppers and froghoppers...

Anthocoridae is a family of bugs, commonly called minute pirate bugs or flower bugs. Worldwide there are 500-600 species. Anthocoridae are 1.5–5 mm long...

(water striders) Hermatobatidae Veliidae (riffle bugs) Hebroidea Hebridae (velvet water bugs) Hydrometroidea Hydrometridae (marsh treaders or water measurers)...

Aphelocheirus is a genus of true bugs, the only genus belonging to the family Aphelocheiridae. The genus was first described by John O. Westwood in 1833...

Poppea is a genus of central and South American treehopper bugs in the subfamily Smiliinae and tribe Ceresini, erected by Carl Stål in 1867. Stål C (1867)...

Tullgren, 1909". Aphid species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-03. Bugs of the World, George C. McGavin, Facts on File Archived 2007-10-14 at the...

Corythucha arcuata, oak lace bugs, increased. The natural predators of the oak lace bug located in Europe included lacewings, velvet mites and spiders. However...