Water Boatman
Description:
Notonecta glauca is the most widespread and abundant of the four British notonectids. Notonecta glauca are Hemiptera (true bug) predators. These water insects swim and rest on their back (hence their common name "Backswimmer" or "Water Boatman") and are found under the water surface.
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Hexapoda (hexapods)
- Insecta (insects)
- Pterygota (winged insects)
- Neoptera (neopteran)
- Paraneoptera
- Hemiptera (hemipterans)
- Heteroptera (true bugs)
- Nepomorpha (True water bugs)
- Notonectoidea
- Notonectidae (backswimmers)
- Notonectinae
- Notonectini
- Notonecta
- Notonecta
- Notonecta glauca (Water boatman)
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