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water scorpionnounA mainly tropical predatory water bug with grasping forelegs, breathing from the surface via a bristle-like ‘tail’.- Family Nepidae, suborder Heteroptera: several genera and species, including the European Nepa cinerea.
She also learned from her teacher that the water scorpion's tail forms a siphon for breathing at the surface....- They include such things as spiders, leeches, millipedes, pill bugs, flatworms, mites, beetles, and water dwellers such as water scorpions and nematode worms.
- These surely are Water Scorpions in the genus Ranatra, and they really will give a painful bite.
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