water striders

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• Water treader — Water treaders Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta …   Wikipedia

• water strider — any of several aquatic bugs of the family Gerridae, having long, slender legs fringed with hairs, enabling the insects to dart about on the surface of the water. [1885 90] * * * ▪ insect also called  pond skater , or  skimmer   any insect of the… …   Universalium

• Animal locomotion on the surface layer of water — Animal locomotion on the surface layer is the study of animal locomotion in the case of small animals that live on the surface layer of water, relying on surface tension to stay afloat.There are two means of walking on water; the regime… …   Wikipedia

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• smaller water strider — ▪ insect also called  Ripple Bug, or Broad shouldered Water Strider        (the latter name derives from the fact that the body, widest at the middle or hind legs, tapers to the abdomen, giving the impression of broad shoulders), any of the… …   Universalium

• Gerris lacustris — A pair of common water striders copulating Scientific classification Kingdom: An …   Wikipedia

• Gerridae — Taxobox name = Gerridae image width = 250px image caption = Adult Water Strider Gerris remigis regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hemiptera subordo = Heteroptera infraordo = Gerromorpha familia = Gerridae familia… …   Wikipedia

• heteropteran — ▪ insect order Introduction   any member of the insect order Heteroptera, which comprises the so called true bugs. (Some authorities use the name Hemiptera; others consider both the heteropterans and the homopterans to be suborders of the… …   Universalium

• Insect — For the Breed 77 album, see Insects (album). Insect Temporal range: 396–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

• Gerromorpha — Taxobox name = Semiaquatic bugs image width = 240px image caption = Hygrotechuis conformis (Gerroidea: Gerridae) feeding on a drowned hymenopteran. Photo from [http://www.entomart.be/ entomart.be] regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum …   Wikipedia

• Veliidae — Taxobox name = Riffle bugs image caption = Velia caprai image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hemiptera subordo = Heteroptera infraordo = Gerromorpha familia = Gerrioidea familia = Veliidae familia… …   Wikipedia