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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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Back swimmer (Notonecta).

Back swimmer (Notonecta).

Jane Burton/Bruce Coleman Ltd.

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.

Diversity among the heteropterans: (from left to right) lace bug, coreid bug, bat...

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Predation cues

Predation cues

Aquatic bugs such as the common back swimmer (Notonecta glauca) release...

E van Herk

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