Giant water bugs are one of the many freshwater invertebrates that get infected with mites❗️These guys are more commonly called toe biters - sit and wait predators that hide in substrate waiting for a snack to come along 🍽️ Watch your toes 💥

#entomology #bugcommunityday #toebiter #naturepics #bugpics

These ugly bastards were out en masses tonight. Frikken #ToeBiter.
You're welcome #Entomologists.

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#CountryLife
#RiverLiving
#LethocerusAmericanus
#GiantWaterBug
#Entomology

A head-on view of a giant waterbug standing on the sidewalk. It has dark, beady eyes and crab-like claws in front.

Today’s #februarty is #eyes. Also #insectThursday
Here’s a #GiantWaterBug (aka #toebiter) See its beady eyes!
Once saved one from tromping feet (before I knew what it was). It stabbed my finger & injected digestive enzymes. Immediate purple swelling.Most painful bite! #insect #photo #sciart #nature

Perdida no banheiro feminino da facul. #belostomatidae #giantwaterbug #baratadagua #picadedo #toebiter https://www.instagram.com/p/BMz8BafBRk-/