Unidentified water strider at Charleys Forest, NSW
Identification history
| Gerridae (family) | 5 Jan 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Gerridae (family) | 2 Jan 2023 | KenT | ||
| Unidentified | 2 Jan 2023 | arjay |
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User's notes
These guys are scooting around on the surface of water. Currently feasting on a dead green shield bug.
1 comment
arjay
wrote:
3 Jan 2023
Just looked through the water striders on CNM. The closest to mine is 4206194. May not be the same.
Location information
- Places Charleys Forest, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 25 Dec 2022 11:26 AM Recorded on
- arjay Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Water & Shore Bugs (several families) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Gerridae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified water strider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 987.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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