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Back swimmer (Notonecta).

Diversity among the heteropterans: (from left to right) lace bug, coreid bug, bat bug, stinkbug, termite bug, back swimmer, bedbug, water scorpion, water strider, toad bug, plant bug.

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Also Known As	Notonectidae • back swimmer

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Back swimmer (Notonecta).

Diversity among the heteropterans: (from left to right) lace bug, coreid bug, bat bug, stinkbug, termite bug, back swimmer, bedbug, water scorpion, water strider, toad bug, plant bug.

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Notonecta Buenoa grousewinged backswimmer Hydrocorisae water strider water scorpion giant water bug water boatman smaller water strider marsh treader toad bug velvet water bug shore bug creeping water bug

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