Needle Bug (order Hemiptera,family Nepidae subfamily Ranatrinae)

These amazing insects that look like an underwater preying mantis occur in dams in Campbells Creek and possibly in the creek itself. They can fly as well as swim!

See more pictures of this invertebrate at the Aquatic Insect .Net web site.

Or find even more information about this invertebrate at the Google web site.

Needle Bug photographed by Ian Higgins.
Photo: Ian Higgins
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