Giant Water Bug
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Belostomatidae
Giant Water Bugs are flat, oval-shaped, and can grow to be 6 cm long. They are well adapted to their aquatic predatory lifestyle. Giant Water Bugs use their front legs to grab prey (in the same way a praying mantis does) and their flat hind legs to swim. Females lay there eggs on the backs of the males and the males take care of them until they hatch.
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